Posted on 07/05/2006 10:10:00 AM PDT by SmithL
Albany, N.Y. -- A Republican long shot vying to challenge U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quit the race Wednesday, leaving two front-runners to battle over the party's nomination.
William Brenner, a tax attorney, said collecting the 15,000 signatures needed to make the Sept. 12 primary ballot was too expensive and daunting, given his business responsibilities.
"However, we have two good Republican candidates," Brenner said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Polls have shown a tight race developing between former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer and Reagan-era Pentagon official Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland. Clinton is far ahead of either potential competitor in those polls.
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Perfect time for Giuliani to enter the race.
She threatened to cankle him !
It would help if the GOP could get a candidate that Hillary actually would care about and could recognise, so she would have to campaign as to what she is doing now, which is the equivalent of vacationining.
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