Generally, he does.
Posted on 11/30/2005 1:33:00 PM PST by neverdem
ALBANY, Nov. 29 - Jeanine F. Pirro's bid to unseat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered an embarrassing setback on Tuesday when the State Legislature's most powerful Republican said she should call the whole thing off and run for state attorney general instead.
The remarks by the official, Joseph L. Bruno, the majority leader of the State Senate, forced out into the open simmering concerns about Ms. Pirro's candidacy, which has been beset by gaffes and fund-raising difficulties. And it heightened the sense that the state Republican Party is nervous about its future and riven by squabbles as its de facto leader, Gov. George E. Pataki, prepares to step down at the end of next year.
Mr. Bruno said that Ms. Pirro, who was elected Westchester district attorney three times, would be a better fit as a candidate for attorney general. "I have said from the beginning, and I know a lot of my colleagues, and people within the party, share the thought, that she would make a great attorney general," he said. "By background, by her experience, by her prosecutorial record. And I hope that before this procedure gets too much further, that Jeanine Pirro would reconsider and run for A.G."
While Mr. Bruno's remarks echo what some Republicans have been murmuring quietly for some time now, they put him at odds with both Governor Pataki, who endorsed Ms. Pirro for the Senate last month, and the chairman of the state Republican Party, Stephen J. Minarik III, who is supporting her Senate candidacy.
And while the remarks were hardly welcomed by the Pirro for Senate campaign, Ms. Pirro tried to put the best spin on it. "Senator Bruno is a respected majority leader and I appreciate his confidence in my abilities," she said in a terse, two-sentence written statement. "However..."
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Bruno's a Republican, isn't he?
Yup. And (State) Senate Majority Leader.
"Pirro Is Advised Not to Oppose Mrs. Clinton"
That has a chilling aspect to the sound of it, like a mafia goon coming into a store and advising the owner to make his monthly protection payment.
I have felt for some time now a sinister and powerful force around the Clintons.
Could it be.........SATAN!!!!????
(sarcasm) I always thought Satan would have better taste in women...
something Vince Foster and Ron Brown probably heard before they were killed.
"....advised not to oppose Mrs. Clinton"
BRUNO FOR THE GOP That is the Post's masthead editorial. Can anyone tell me if there any substantial differences on the issues between Pirro and Clinton?
FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.
Who cares?
A Republican from New York? Talk about your RINOs. A Conseravtive in New York is about as believable as "Bat Boy".
What does that mean, nowadays? If you live your life on values and run a campaign on such, you can do so in good conscience. Are they actually afraid of Ankles, or did she just bribe them?
I agree that she cannot beat hillary.......but WHO can? We need a winner. Will someone please step up and save us from the beast.
Proof that New York Republicans and New York Democrats love Hillary.
This Floridan does not share their love of Hillary.
People have been murdered on the orders of Hitlery. Suspicious deaths surround the Clintons going back to Arkansas.
something Vince Foster and Ron Brown probably heard before they were killed.
"....advised not to oppose Mrs. Clinton"
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Evil personified. But clearly, Vince had HORRIBLE taste in women...he and Brown paid for their involvement, as did many Arkancide victims...
Arkancide. Excecute. I mean, Excellent.
lol
I just contributed to Jeannine Pirro's campaign. (Bruno the bully just needs to be shown that Pirro is a formidable candidate.)
http://www.jeaninepirro.com/message.cfm
Gonna contribute to Slick Willie Weld's kitty, too ?
With RINOs like these, who needs a Republican Party ?
Everything is falling apart for Jeannine because she was always only a figment of Sean Hannity's imagination anyway. If she ran against Hillary, I predict these groups would stay home: Conservatives
Right to Lifers
Conservative Democrats - yes they exist upstate
Aside from these, many Republicans would do the same.
NARAL's GAL would fall flat on her face.
Oh! she'd get the Log Cabin vote, but this is New York so that's no very big.
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