Posted on 12/29/2015 3:05:11 PM PST by presidio9
Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) is calling his supporters in New Hampshire to tell him he intends to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, The Boston Globe's James Pindell reported via Twitter.
Since entering the race, Pataki, who is 70, has remained in the lower tier of the polls.
The moderate Republican was New York governor for three terms after being elected in 1994. Before embarking on his 2016 campaign, there was speculation he would run in previous presidential cycles. His reported decision to drop out comes weeks before Feb. 1's Iowa caucus and Feb. 9's New Hampshire primary. Pataki had missed the filing deadlines in primary states later in the cycle.
Pataki struggled to gain traction in an election season that has favored anti-establishment policies over more seasoned politicians. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) previously dropped out of the race.
What do liberals and slinkies have in common?
Neither one is of much use, but they are a lot of fun to watch when you push them down the stairs!
Who?
Bye George— now please take your brother Jeb with you. Ooops wrong George... (’ —but take Jeb anyway....
This was an even greater waste of time than me driving in Central NJ to go to my office Christmas party, a fifteen minute trip that took me 45 and during parts of which I sincerely was praying to God to not let me die on the rainy Tuesday before Christmas roads.
“...Donald Trump is about as NY as you get.”
He is, he totally is. And I realize that even I talk like him. New Yorkers always speak in superlatives.
He was running? Who knew?
Patty Cakes
“Lower tier of the polls”....yeah, like negative numbers.
If a Pataki falls in the forest with no one to hear, is there any sound?
In the case of this candidacy, it was most likely the sound of one hand clapping.
never heard of him
Who will Lindsey Graham play hide-the-voter with at the kiddie table? :)
To be fair, Pataki was polling 0.3% in Iowa and a big fat zero in New Hampshire. Given that 121,501 people turned out for the 2012 Iowa caucus, that translates to 364 total extended Pataki family members in Iowa who might have voted for him.
Politico was way out ahead on this story (snicker)
GOP Insiders: Jindal and Pataki Quit Next
Politico | 9/25/2015 | Katie Glueck
Posted on 09/25/2015 2:55:52 PM PDT by conservativejoy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3341235/posts
Was Pataki part of the Youth for Rockefeller group?
Will they have a kiddie table only for two, Santorum and Huckabee, the past IA winners!
He and Lindsey Graham agreed they would each vote for the other when something came along where they were eligible to vote.
You mean he was in.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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