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Cox: "I Am Not Quitting The Race" For Senate
WINS News ^ | 8/11/05

Posted on 08/11/2005 1:15:59 PM PDT by areafiftyone

Edward Cox, the Manhattan lawyer and son-in-law of the late President Richard Nixon, said Thursday he is not leaving the race for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's re-election bid next year.

``We're going to stay in this race,'' vowed Cox just one day after Jeanine Pirro, the Westchester County district attorney and apparent favorite of many party leaders, formally announced her candidacy.

``We'll support whoever the Republican nominee is, but we expect to be that nominee,'' Cox told The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, another prospective GOP challenger, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, told an Albany radio station he was also not quitting and was ready to go to a September 2006 Republican primary, if necessary.

``I'm staying in the race and I expect to get the Conservative (Party) line,'' Spencer told WROW-AM.

No Republican has won statewide office in New York without Conservative Party support since 1974.

Spencer said he could envision a scenario where Pirro could wind up as the Republican candidate while he would be on the Conservative Party line.

``I'll split the two liberals,'' Spencer said, referring to Pirro and Clinton.

``That would be the worst-case scenario, but it is an interesting scenario,'' he added.

Pirro's past support for abortion and gay rights, including her advocacy of civil unions, has not endeared her to state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long.

Cox told the AP that in a conversation with Republican Gov. George Pataki in February, the governor had told him there were only two real candidates for the Senate nomination, Cox and Pirro. Pataki said Cox was the best Senate candidate, Nixon's son-in-law told the AP.

There was no immediate comment Thursday from Pataki.

Cox, like Spencer, said Pirro's candidacy was doomed to fail because she would not be able to bring the Conservative Party around. Cox, who said he is anti-abortion, predicted he could do that.

Cox and Pirro have both said that, in the end, they do not expect a Republican primary.

Cox, who is married to Patricia ``Tricia'' Nixon, told the AP that polling he has done found that his relationship to the late president was not a liability with New York voters. Tuesday was the 31st anniversary of Nixon's resignation from the presidency over the Watergate scandal.

While Cox and Spencer were vowing to stay in the race, Pirro was on Day 2 of a three-day announcement tour with stops in Rochester, Syracuse and in southern Saratoga County where she was to meet with some area county GOP leaders.

Also eyeing the GOP nomination is William Brenner, a tax attorney from Sullivan County.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2006; edcox; edwardcox; gopprimary; hillary; jeaninepirro; pirro
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To: areafiftyone

This guy doesn't know what he is doing. Jeanine Pirro is the greatest and most popular Republican in the country, and the savior of the party. She easily surpasses Reagan in popularity on this site.


21 posted on 08/11/2005 1:35:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: OldFriend
He said he wasn't sure that slick willie should have been impeached

Talk about ones cajones 'headin south!

22 posted on 08/11/2005 1:38:51 PM PDT by johnny7 (Racially-profiling since 1963)
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To: churchillbuff

On a funny side note, Norm McDonald did a perfect imitation of Bob Dole when he was on Saturday Night Live.


23 posted on 08/11/2005 2:30:39 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Edward Cox ping.


24 posted on 08/11/2005 2:30:52 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: MplsSteve
On a funny side note, Norm McDonald did a perfect imitation of Bob Dole when he was on Saturday Night Live."""

Yes, especially in the Halloween episode. Scary - - but then, so is Bob Dole (at least to a conservative like me who finds unprincipled RINOs scary)

25 posted on 08/11/2005 2:59:00 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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To: Alberta's Child
Cox told the AP that in a conversation with Republican Gov. George Pataki in February, the governor had told him there were only two real candidates for the Senate nomination, Cox and Pirro. Pataki said Cox was the best Senate candidate, Nixon's son-in-law told the AP.

Pretty much what I heard on the radio a couple of days ago, and how Pataki liked Cox, etc, etc.

You know AC, between you and me, neither of them is going to win. Let's face it, my State doesn't have enough conservatives to beat the Liberals. I feel like crying, but it's the truth. So what do we do? We hope a Republican would come along, put up a fight and just make our adversary spend money,... just make the life of our adversary a bit difficult, that's all. However, we all know he/she won't win. Isn't that sad? Now, I'm crying.

Neither Pirro nor Cox have whatever they supposed to have to beat a freaking Liberal like Clinton, yet so many jump and gloat at the idea that a quasi-liberal -Pirro- is going to win. Forget about it! My point here is that at least Cox doesn't have all the baggage Pirro has, thus the embarrassment and negative jokes will be less. What the heck, they're both losers. If I had to pick a looser, I would pick the guy who'd embarrass me the least.

26 posted on 08/11/2005 7:47:43 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: areafiftyone
We're told conservatives are unelectable in liberal states. So we must settle for a liberal candidate out of political necessity. What a craven way to run the GOP - and beat Hillary in 2006.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
27 posted on 08/11/2005 7:50:26 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: nickcarraway
Uh huh. We're morphing into a clone of the Democrats. It would be ironic if we end up supporting everything Hillary wants in order to win. What kind of victory is that for our party?

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
28 posted on 08/11/2005 7:53:20 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: skip_intro

yeah, sounds familiar, like when Hillary said, "we are the president." Ugh!


29 posted on 08/11/2005 11:48:15 PM PDT by bethtopaz (Another dopeless hope fiend.)
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To: stevio

It's much better for a woman to run against Hillary. It removes a gigantic sympathy factor for her. And by the way, who in the race is more accomplished. Just check out Pirro's website. What has Hillary done? Yeah, you guessed it.


30 posted on 08/11/2005 11:50:13 PM PDT by bethtopaz (Another dopeless hope fiend.)
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To: stevio
Too bad she's a RINO but she's sounds more than capable to take on Hildabeast.

New York state is the exception. I'd be glad to vote for a RINO over a socialist Dem if I lived in NY (thank God I don't).

31 posted on 08/11/2005 11:59:34 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: stevio
Pirro is NOT a "RINO" ( please learn the correct meaning of that !); she's just not a 100% Conservative. But, she is the ONLY one who can take Hillary down, or at least bloody her enough to make a presidential run almost impossible.

Nobody knows Cox, he's wishy washy, Hillary would beat him from day 1, and he should just fold right now.

32 posted on 08/12/2005 12:04:54 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Victoria Delsoul
You've lost it. Cox is Nixon's s-i-l and we all know how Hillary went after Nixon! Hell, she even imagines that it's because of her, that he resigned. Wanna talk about BAGGAGE? And he's a man. Hillary LOVES playing the wounded soul, when a male tries to run against her as he would run against a man.

Pirro isn't perfect, but she IS the best person to run against Hillary.

33 posted on 08/12/2005 12:10:11 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons; Victoria Delsoul
Actually, I think both of you are right. Cox is certainly a better candidate from the standpoint of a conservative political view. I don't think anyone here truly believes that from a political standpoint there is very much of a difference between Clinton and Pirro. If you have any doubt about that, just look at the two most prominent GOP elected leaders in New York over the last decade -- George Pataki and Rudy Giuliani. And the fact that Cox is Nixon's son-in-law isn't even relevant to this discussion.

However, Pirro may end up being the best candidate to run against Hillary -- if nothing more than for the simple purpose of doing a lot of damage to Hillary's superficial attributes. The one thing that Pirro is capable of is doing a lot of damage to Hillary's "aura" as a major player on the national scene. As soon as Pirro made her announcement I suggested that her primary role in the 2006 campaign is to make Hillary look like a faded, worn-out bag of wind.

As Victoria has said, the odds of either Pirro or Cox winning in a Marxist state like New York are pretty slim. I think it really comes down to this -- are we more concerned about a candidate's political "purity," or are we looking at this race simply for its entertainment value? One way or another, the New York GOP ought to get its house in order and avoid a primary battle at all costs.

The parallels between this race and the Gray Davis recall election in California are pretty remarkable. In that race you had a stronger conservative candidate (McClintock) running against a RINO-type Republican (Schwarzeneggar) who stood a much better chance of winning in a liberal state.

And speaking of BAGGAGE, I'm predicting that we've only begun to scratch the surface of Pirro's.

34 posted on 08/12/2005 6:04:56 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: nopardons
Pirro is NOT a "RINO" ( please learn the correct meaning of that !); she's just not a 100% Conservative. But, she is the ONLY one who can take Hillary down, or at least bloody her enough to make a presidential run almost impossible.

She is indeed a "Republican In Name Only" at least as to what the national Republican party holds as their ideals. She's pro-gay marriage, anti-gun, pro-abortion. As for the rest of your statement I agree 110%.

35 posted on 08/12/2005 8:51:34 AM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male (NRA))
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To: Alberta's Child

If Cox learned anything from Nixon, it should be how to HIT your opponents. For example, RFK in 1968 and George Wallace in 1972. Who knows what happened to JFK since Nixon wasn't running in 1964.


36 posted on 08/12/2005 9:02:09 AM PDT by HuronMan
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To: Alberta's Child
There ARE some differences between Pirro and Hillary; Pirro is in the mold of Rudy Giulliani. Hillary is so far left, she's falling off the cliff.

Ed Cox has never held a political office. His father-in-law absolutely IS fodder for Hillary and she is salivating to use every antipathy she has had for Nixon, for decades, against him. It's guilt by association/marriage. And he's mealymouthed; not to mention the fact that he has NO idea how to campaign. No man, NO MAN, not even Rudy, can effectively run against Hillary and THAT is her secret weapon.

There is far more of a chance of Pirro unseating, even making Hillary leave the race, than any other person, alive or dead. And even should Pirro lose, she will have bloodied Hillary badly and RUINED her on a national level.

Does Pirro have baggage? Yes, her creepy husband. But, and this really is a huge BUT, Hillary's spouse is even worse! And then, there is the fact that as DA, Pirro is well known and respected for sending rapists and wife beaters to jail. She understand that kind of man.

37 posted on 08/12/2005 6:04:07 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: stevio
You have less than NO idea what the term RINO means. And misusing it, to suit you, only opens you up for condemnation and being told off.

There are all kinds of Republicans...most of them NOT of RINO status. But, even IF Pirro is a RINO, if elected, she would vote for the president's judicial nominees, with him on tax cuts/ending the death taxes, his Social Security plans, etc.! Hillary won't. And one more GOP Senator IS something we all should work for.

38 posted on 08/12/2005 6:10:22 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Whatever, I'm not going to split hairs over the definition of a slang term. She's not the perfect conservative Republican, but I do hope she creams Hitlery.


39 posted on 08/12/2005 6:26:37 PM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male (NRA))
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To: dc-zoo

Pirro is an excellent debator, has tons of self confidence and has actualy accomplishments unlike Hillary.


A debate will be very interesting.


40 posted on 08/12/2005 6:28:15 PM PDT by atlanta67
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