I STILL wish Harold Ford had run, but I'm not sad about this:
Former New York Republican Gov. George E. Pataki has decided not to mount an election challenge against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall.
Instead, he said in an interview Tuesday that he would create a new national organization aimed at building support to repeal the recently enacted health-care overhaul.
Mr. Pataki's decision to bypass the Senate race marks another major coup for Ms. Gillibrand, who has been enormously successful in knocking out competition on both sides of the aisle despite appearing to be vulnerable politically.
I can't wait to see Pataki's "repeal!" organization, which he clearly thinks will help his hilarious presidential ambitions.
Phillip at the Albany Project:
Oh, and can we finally dispose of the idea that Senator Gillibrand is "vulnerable politically?" If she truly is, her potential opponents, both Democratic and Republican, have a damn funny way of showing it.
Word.