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  • Al D'Amato: Never underestimate George Pataki

    07/30/2005 2:19:24 AM PDT · by RWR8189 · 36 replies · 717+ views
    Newsday ^ | July 30, 2005 | former Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato
    Note to Republican presidential primary candidates: Don't underestimate George Pataki. There was a time when the pundits said he couldn't win a freshman's run for mayor of Peekskill. They also said that about him when he ran for the Assembly and then the State Senate. In each instance this quiet, thoughtful man proved himself an astute politician who could read his constituents far better than the pollsters and the political analysts. Not only did he run and win but he was able to position himself in such a way that an expanding circle of voters genuinely welcomed him as a...