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George Pataki: ‘I’ll Certainly Feel Compelled To Run’ If No Strong Candidate Emerges


Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) may be getting closer to a run for president in 2012, saying Wednesday that if no candidate with a strong deficit-reduction plan emerges -- one who actually has a shot at beating President Obama -- then "I'll certainly feel compelled to take a look."

In an interview with the Fiscal Times, Pataki said that the national debt is "if not the most important issue, then one of the two most important issues facing the future of our country."

When asked if anyone in the Republican field is "adequately addressing this issue," Pataki replied: "Not at this point."

"I'm still hopeful," he said, "but I think all the Republican candidates understand the importance of this issue. And I think any one of them would be better than the record of this President."

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dbackjon wrote:George Pataki: ‘I’ll Certainly Feel Compelled To Run’ If No Strong Candidate Emerges

Well, I think it's official, then.

As if the New York over which he presided was a bastion of fiscal sanity. Maybe if I ever get over laughing over his announcement, I'll throw my hat in the ring. It's old and I don't wear it much anyway.

Skjellyfetti wrote:

dbackjon wrote:George Pataki: ‘I’ll Certainly Feel Compelled To Run’ If No Strong Candidate Emerges

Well, I think it's official, then.

Notice how it's not in quotes?

He thought they were random commas, with one of the lookin' kinda backwards.

Maybe he'll beat Santorum.