[areafiftyone]

I wonder if she is going to run against Pataki? Just a wierd feeling!

[Norman Conquest]

Uhhh... Doubt whether Pataki will run for a FOURTH term in '06. But that's a long ways away for both him and her.

She'll keep a much higher profile running for re-election to the Senate. It would look tacky to start her '08 run for president immediately upon taking office as governor, but after seven years as senator, not so opportunistic. Plus, as governor, she'd be accountable for making things work, a definite liability for an incompetent such as her.