Posted on 06/30/2005 10:47:57 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Cox spoke in Manhattan Wednesday in his first appearance before reporters since forming an exploratory committee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race.
Cox, 58, a lawyer who has never run for office, criticized the Democratic incumbent for supposedly eyeing the White House in 2008. "I believe that a senator should focus less on making headlines and more on producing results," Cox said.
"She parachuted into New York solely for the reason of running for the Senate, and now she's running for the presidency. She is more concerned about the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire than the priorities of people in New York," he said
Cox also said New York is disadvantaged because both of its senators, Clinton and Charles Schumer, are Democrats.
"I never thought I'd see the date when our clout in Washington would be so diminished as it is now," Cox said. "She [Clinton] has not been able to produce because she's not in the party in power in Washington."
Cox said he will travel across the state this summer to "engage New Yorkers in a dialogue" before making a commitment to the race.
"To be sure this will not be a listening tour. I am a New Yorker," Cox said, in a jibe to Mrs. Clinton's summer of 1999 travels across the state when she was still first lady. "In the coming months, I look forward to showing New Yorkers that they can be better served."
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Perhaps you can locate any polls showing Pirro at least breaking even with Hillary while Cox and Spencer would lose in a landslide.
Again, UNLESS Rudy runs, ANY candidate we run against Hillary is GOING to have an incredibly tough uphill battle. There is no excuse for running a pro-abort RINO by saying she's magically "electable". Saying it 1000 times will not increase her long shot odds.
wooouldn't that be ironic if he beat her!
Pirro/Pataki would be the only persons to make a race of it. Rudy would beat her. All these others - she wins re-election in a landslide.
Good catch! Hell, Cox may as well take a stab at running.
Where did I say she could beat Hillary. I don't believe anyone but Rudy could beat her, and even that would be a battle royale. Cox and Spencer are ridiculous losers-to-be. Anyone who gives a dime to them is an idiot, unless they use $100 bills to light cigars.
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