Ed Cox Announces Members of Senate Exploratory Committee (Makes a swipe at Hillary!)

U.S. Newswire ^ | 6/29/05

[areafiftyone]

Ed Cox Announces Members of Senate Exploratory Committee; Names Prominent State Senators, Former Federal Officials, Policy Experts to Committee

NEW YORK, June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Bringing together friends and colleagues from his more than 30 years of service to his state and nation, Ed Cox announced today the members of his Senate Exploratory Committee. The list includes a diverse group of experienced and talented individuals from both the private and public sector from across the state. The announcement took place today at the Women's National Republican Club in New York.

"For four years, I have watched our junior senator do a lot of press conferences, appear on a lot of television shows and travel back and forth across the country. But I believe that a Senator should focus less on making headlines and more on producing results," stated Cox, as he laid out the reasons for considering this Senate bid. "I believe the Federal government has a role to play in ensuring that New York is a place where our children and our grandchildren will want to stay, to work and to raise their families," he continued.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Former White House Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein, Ambassador William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt IV head a list of many well-known government figures that have signed-on to assist Cox in building an aggressive campaign against Senator Clinton.

In a show of broad statewide support, a long list of prominent New York State Senators have also offered to aid the Committee as well as former State officials such as John Faso and Clarence "Rapp" Rappleyea, who both held the Assembly Minority Leaders' post.

In his remarks, Cox said of the group, "Some of them are well known for their service to our state and nation. Others have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help their fellow citizens and improve their communities. All of them are leaders ... and I am privileged to have them as part of my Committee."

Over the next few months, the members of the Committee will be part of an organized and deliberative process to build a strong campaign. Their expertise will be utilized to aid Cox in developing policies, priorities and strategies for getting more out of Washington for the betterment of New York. Cox has also recruited policy experts, economists, and business leaders for the Committee.

Throughout the summer, Cox will be traveling the state and continuing to garner support from residents, elected officials and party leaders. He anticipates making a final decision to move forward with a full campaign by the end of September.

The Members of the Exploratory Committee are:

-- Hon. Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state

-- Hon. Ken Duberstein, former White House chief of staff

-- Hon. William Howard Taft IV, former ambassador to NATO, former acting secretary of defense, former legal advisor to the State Department under Secretary Colin Powell

-- Hon. Barbara Hackman Franklin, former United States secretary of commerce, chairman of the Economic Club of New York

-- Hon. John Lehman, former 9/11 commissioner and former secretary of the Navy under President Reagan

-- Hon. State Senator Owen Johnson, Nassau County, Senate Finance Committee chairman

-- Hon. State Senator Ken LaValle, Suffolk County, chairman, Senate Majority Conference

-- Hon. State Senator Dale Volker, Wyoming, Erie, Livingston and Ontario Counties, vice chairman, Senate Majority Conference

-- Hon. State Senator Serphin Maltese, Queens County, deputy majority whip

-- Hon. State Senator Kemp Hannon, Nassau County, assist. majority whip

-- Hon. State Senator Raymond Meier, Oneida and St. Lawrence Counties

-- Hon. State Senator George Maziarz, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties

-- Hon. Jack H. Carley, former general counsel, Federal Trade Commission, former general counsel, White House OMB, former NYS deputy attorney general

-- Hon. Clarence "Rapp" Rappleyea, former assembly minority leader

-- Hon. John Faso, former assembly minority leader

-- Hon. Ned Regan, former comptroller of New York State

-- Hon. Tony Coles, former deputy mayor of New York under Giuliani

-- Theodore Roosevelt IV, managing director, Lehman Brothers, former chairman, League of Conservation Voters

-- Bob Boyle, former executive director, Port Authority of NY and NJ

-- Tom Egan, chairman, Board of Trustees, State University of New York

-- Celine Paquette, trustee, State University of New York

-- Steve Alfasi, trustee, State University of New York

-- George Klein, former national chairman, Republican Jewish Coalition

-- Bill Guerrero, past president of the National Hispanic Business Roundtable

-- Alex Parker, president, Local 1457 Juvenile Center Employees Union

-- Ed Mullins, president, NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association

-- Jim Periconi, environmental lawyer, former NYS attorney general under Gov. Cuomo

-- Thomas E. L. Dewey, co-founder of the law firm of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky

-- Bill Kim, attorney

-- Peter Flanigan, former assistant to the President for domestic and economic affairs, senior advisor to UBS Securities and Founder, Student Sponsor Partners

-- Scott Steffey, former vice chancellor, SUNY

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[RexBeach]

They left off the dogcatcher!

Good luck to Ed. You're gonna need it. Going up against "Her Thighness" ain't gonna be easy nor pleasant.

[kevinm13]

Go Ed Go.

It would be great if Hitlery was tossed out by the electorate in NY in 2006. Who am I kidding? These sheep in NY seem to love her. No idea why. Like California, NY is a clear blue state.

[areafiftyone]

You never know. NY is definitely a Blue state but they have elected Republican Senators before.

[Graymatter]

Exploratory! (Gentlemen, don your pith helmets.)
"Over the next few months, the members of the Committee will...aid Cox in developing policies, priorities and strategies for getting more out of Washington for the betterment of New York..."
Oh boy! A safari to the grand tetons of DC to find the source of the milk glands.
Well, as long as he's not relying on a committee to tell him what he thinks, I'm sure it'll be ok.

[kevinm13]

Daniel Patrick Moynahan was a Republican although he was mostly left leaning. Gov. Pataki is Republican and will likely have troubles at the next election (NY media has been trashing him when they aren't trashing President Bush). New York City liberals will push Hitlery although the rest of the state is more red than blue.

Cox will need the support of some of the NY media to even have a credible campaign. In any other state, he would be a strong contender and could win in the south.

[areafiftyone]

Don't forget D'Amato was a Republican and he was elected.

[Echo Talon]

Whoever is facing Hillary, they need to FOCUS on WHOEVER Hillary will turn power over to when she runs for president. UNLESS you think she will do a John Kerry and hold on and be a senator that never shows up. Campaign on that, tell the people
that they deserve better than a part time senator they only shows up 1/4 of the time. and since she will on the campaign trail for president that she can't do her duties for the people of New York.. Stuff like that.

[areafiftyone]

I think she will do a John Kerry because she wants to hold on to power. We need to knock her out of the Senate.

[TheOtherOne]

UNLESS you think she will do a John Kerry and hold on and be a senator that never shows up.

Tell Dole how well it works to quit while running. She won't, nobody else will either unless they make a political miscalculation.

[Echo Talon]

Whoever is going to run against her needs to stress this! SAY NO TO A PART TIME SENATOR! stuff like that, then back it up with facts of John Kerry and John Edwards senate attendance records. Say she isn't here to help you the peiople of New York she is here to position helfself to be president in '08 don't let her use you like that.