I can't take much more of this.
Why can't these people just go away!!
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/travis.htm
NEAL TRAVIS' NEW YORK
Tuesday,November 28,2000
Are you ready for Mayor Bubba?
I CACKLED when I first heard the rumor, but a lot of people in this political silly season believe the next mayor of New York City will be none other than our outgoing president, Bill Clinton.
Hey, we all laughed at the idea of one Hillary Rodham Clinton being a U.S. senator from New York, and look what we've got now!
The way D.C. insiders tell it, City Hall would be a great bully pulpit for Bill to occupy after a post-White House year of writing and lecturing. And he'd continue to live in public housing (Gracie Mansion) and be tended to by tax-paid servants.
"This is quite serious," insists one of my more prescient political sources. "Being New York's mayor is probably second only to being president, in terms of exposure. The perks are wonderful and there aren't any restrictions - unlike in the Senate - on the money you can make on the side. Clinton loves managing things, and the city would certainly offer him a challenge."
The Clintons are already registered Democrats in New York state, and they will shortly take a pied-a-terre in Manhattan, which makes him perfectly eligible to be Mayor Rudy's successor.
Could Bubba win? Those analysts who finally got over their giggles agreed that he'd have a walk-up start in the primary.
"You're running Bill Clinton against a bunch of no-names from both parties. He'd get 65 percent of the primary vote and at least the same in the mayoral election itself," says one observer. (But he'd destroy his ardent supporter and the current mayoral front-runner, Mark Green, in the process.)
So why doesn't Bill look at running for governor, a post for which he has experience? "Can you see Clinton hanging out with those hacks in Albany?!" asks the same source.
"No, New York City is the prize - and you shouldn't dismiss the idea that he's shooting for it."
Why can't these people just go away!!
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/travis.htm
NEAL TRAVIS' NEW YORK
Tuesday,November 28,2000
Are you ready for Mayor Bubba?
I CACKLED when I first heard the rumor, but a lot of people in this political silly season believe the next mayor of New York City will be none other than our outgoing president, Bill Clinton.
Hey, we all laughed at the idea of one Hillary Rodham Clinton being a U.S. senator from New York, and look what we've got now!
The way D.C. insiders tell it, City Hall would be a great bully pulpit for Bill to occupy after a post-White House year of writing and lecturing. And he'd continue to live in public housing (Gracie Mansion) and be tended to by tax-paid servants.
"This is quite serious," insists one of my more prescient political sources. "Being New York's mayor is probably second only to being president, in terms of exposure. The perks are wonderful and there aren't any restrictions - unlike in the Senate - on the money you can make on the side. Clinton loves managing things, and the city would certainly offer him a challenge."
The Clintons are already registered Democrats in New York state, and they will shortly take a pied-a-terre in Manhattan, which makes him perfectly eligible to be Mayor Rudy's successor.
Could Bubba win? Those analysts who finally got over their giggles agreed that he'd have a walk-up start in the primary.
"You're running Bill Clinton against a bunch of no-names from both parties. He'd get 65 percent of the primary vote and at least the same in the mayoral election itself," says one observer. (But he'd destroy his ardent supporter and the current mayoral front-runner, Mark Green, in the process.)
So why doesn't Bill look at running for governor, a post for which he has experience? "Can you see Clinton hanging out with those hacks in Albany?!" asks the same source.
"No, New York City is the prize - and you shouldn't dismiss the idea that he's shooting for it."
