Pataki to keep his secret a little longer

[brooklynite]

ALBANY -- Republican Gov. George Pataki, with little fanfare, announced this past week he was scrapping a self-imposed timetable to decide whether to run for a fourth term next year.
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While Pataki had earlier said he would decide shortly after the state Legislature ended its annual session -- scheduled to conclude this month -- or at least before the end of the summer, he backed away from such constraints during a Wednesday news conference at the Capitol.

The three-term governor said that with the session over, he would take time to decide whether to sign or veto bills sent to him and "then I will sit down and look at the politics and make a decision. I'm not going to put a date or a time frame on it."

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The governor has been under pressure from some in his party to make a decision about seeking re-election so the GOP can, if it must, line up a new standard-bearer who has plenty of time to raise money and rally the troops.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=373646&category=New%20York%20State&BCCode=&newsdate=6/27/2005
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The NYS Republican Party is on the verge of collapse, with no high-quality candidates ready to run next year for Governor, US Senate or Attorney General, and a chance they could be completely swept out of power. The longer George delays announcing a decision, the harder its groing to be for them to get organized. Not a promising legacy to build a Presidential bid on...

[Double T]

1. Pataki will never get out of the blocks in a run for president...

his only hope might be a VP slot, but this is still very unlikely.