January 29, 2007
What They're Saying About The Pataki Plan
That's the title of a release we got from the Ex-NY Gov's Freedom PAC today.
Here's Pataki's plan in a nutshell:
"Governor Pataki opposes the troop surge proposed by President Bush unless the Iraqi government accomplishes four concrete measures: fairly allocating oil revenues to the entire country, allowing former Baathists (other than high-level agents or criminals) civil rights including the right to hold office, improving and expanding the Iraqi national army, and clearly showing its willingness to disarm extremist sectarian armies and militias. Under Governor Pataki’s plan, U.S. soldiers would withdraw from civil war in Baghdad and elsewhere unless the Iraqi government takes these clear steps to bolstering its own democratic institutions and providing safety and security for its own people."
Ret. Gen. Jay Garner said the plan "has the potential to bridge the gap between Congress and the White House."
The plan may be valorous, but how little ink will it get? And when will we know more about whether the ambitious, tax-cutting New York governor will open an exploratory committee, further balkanizing the centrist portion of the Republican primary electorate.
Posted at 03:42 PM
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Pataki has never had an original idea in all his years as governor. To suggest that his ideas for Iraq were anything but a reiteration of someone's elses ideas is unreal. The best thing the democrats could do would be to encourage and back his candidacy. Virtually any other candidate against Pataki would win.
charles hopfl | 02.03.07 09:24 PM
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