Rick Lazio Running For Governor, Paterson Doesn't Mind

Rick Lazio, best known for losing against Hillary Clinton in 2000 when she ran for Senate, has officially thrown his hat into the 2010 New York gubernatorial ring. After a few months of speculation, he sent a letter to supporters this weekend, "The present government in Albany is broken. It is a national embarrassment. It can’t be fixed by tweaking it here and there. It is dysfunctional and we need to start all over from the beginning." Of course, the 800-pound gorilla in the Republican sphere is Rudy Giuliani, but there's some rumor he might be better suited running against Kirsten Gillibrand. When PolitickerNY asked Governor Paterson what he thought of Lazio's announcement, he said, "Since I'm not seeking the Republican nomination, and this is a democracy, I would say that's a good idea."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 15, 2009 2:43 PM

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Karen

Lazio is the guy who said western NY had no unemployment problem. He's an ass.

ANGRYGOD11

Rick Lazio ran a lazy, stupid campaign against Hillary.

I knew one of the leading Bronx Republicans (Yes, they do exist) and he stood them up at the last minute without any explaination. They later found out his people did things like that often while carperbagger Hillary ran like the Terminator for a year and a half.

He did such a bad job his safe congressional seat was won by a Democrat.

Go ahead and run, Rick, run.