New York – Republican George Pataki said he is “very seriously” considering a run for president in 2016, arguing that the nation needs a chief executive with the kind of experience he gained during three terms as New York’s governor.
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Pataki told the Daily News (http://nydn.us/1yVKXpv) that he will decide next year whether to run. He said he has received good responses from the ordinary citizens he has met on trips to states that include New Hampshire.
“I ran a big complex state government under very difficult circumstances, in my opinion very well,” he said.
Pataki, 69, did not return messages on Tuesday, and a spokesman declined to comment on the report. It’s an unusually low-key way to start a White House bid: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took a less timid approach when he announced Tuesday on his Facebook page that he will “actively explore” a presidential campaign.
Pataki was governor from 1995 to 2006 and was mentioned as a potential presidential contender in the 2008 and 2012 elections. Since leaving office he has launched a consulting firm and joined Chadbourne and Parke, a New York City-based law firm.
A popular moderate Republican in heavily Democratic New York, Pataki would face a competitive GOP primary field. Besides Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and many others are believed to be eyeing the presidency.
He would make a good president!
He can’t really think that he’s Presidential material any more than the guy who’s now in the White House.
Another has been on the republican side
If he can get the money that’s needed for such start
He left NY with a $15 billion debt and a dysfunctional gov’t. He’s qualified.
I’m going to go on record and say that the best thing the Republicans can do to get the presidency in 2016 is to avoid a bruising primary season like in the past. If the Republican party would unite behind one candidate, and frankly if some of the contenders on the long list that don’t have much of a chance will do as they proclaim to want to do; to take back America, then they should forget their ego and back one strong candidate and without a doubt they would have a great shot at getting the white house. If they do however like in past elections ….bicker till the end, then you’re looking at another 4 years of a democratic president.
i like him on a personal level but he is a lightweight
Too liberal. Has not a prayer getting nominated as a Republican.