Bill Clinton A Possible N.Y. Senate 'Caretaker?'

[dtotire]

Dec 31, 2008 10:00 pm US/Eastern

Bill Clinton A Possible N.Y. Senate 'Caretaker?'



http://wcbstv.com/politics/ny.caretaker.senator.2.897875.html



Sen. Bill Clinton? Don't completely rule it out.
The former president is among several boldface names being touted as possible "caretakers" for New York's Senate seat -- people who would serve until the 2010 elections but wouldn't be interested in running to keep the job.



I think the idea makes sense--he is eminently qualified, and he wont run in 2010,leaving the field wide open.

[DFW]

1. Seems a long shot

I'd give that about as much of a chance as I would of Bush putting six sentences together without a grammatical error, but I guess stranger things have happened.......

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Not Available

He's already accepted a position as Secretary of Kazakh "businessmen" with duffel bags of untraceable cash.

[natrat]

3. great, he can sell out a whole new constituency

[blm]

4. Probably do it to deep-six investigations into Bush2 - just like he did for Bush1

throughout the 90s.

[HeraldSquare212]

5. No caretaker! The Senate is based on seniority

as a NYer, I don't want my Senator to lose out on committees, etc., because we had a caretaker in there for two years.

This is about the fifth time a link to this story at the cbs website has been posted.

[Muttocracy]

6. if we need to go with a caretaker, I want Mario Cuomo. nt