You may remember Rick Lazio, who as a boyish Republican congressman ran against Hillary Clinton for Senate and disastrously
invaded her space in a debate. Having since leaving the house enriched himself at JPMorgan Chase, Lazio is said by the
Times to be
considering a run for the Governor's office. On the plus side for Lazio, previously presumed GOP
gubernatorial hopeful Representative Peter King is now more focused on
the 2010 Senate race; Rudolph Giuliani has
shown some interest, but is, to put it politely, mercurial (not to mention, to put it less politely, rebranded as a loser). And Lazio collected a modest
post-electoral war chest and has been talking to
Arthur Finkelstein. On the downside, no one has paid any attention to him in years, he can be easily tied to the unpopular Republican old guard as well as Wall Street, and he now looks like Grandma who retired to Florida and pulled her hair back for a skit at the community center.
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