Newest Nixon: Cox Considers Hillary Race (Tricia's husband)

[kskiska]

On June 13, 1971, it would have been hard to find a young man with better political prospects than Ed Cox.

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But Richard Nixon’s dowry wasn’t as rich as it promised to be. Another story on that day’s front page offered a hint of the future, in the form of the first installment of the Pentagon Papers and their account of government deception over Vietnam. Just over three years later, Mr. Cox would be following Mr. Nixon onto a helicopter on the South Lawn, bound for exile in Yorba Linda, Calif.

Mr. Cox’s life since his father-in-law’s resignation has been more private than public. He’s been an aide-de-camp to the former President, a corporate lawyer in New York and, more recently, a discreet player in state government.

Now, more than three decades after he disappeared from public life, Mr. Cox appears ready to re-emerge . He is considering a long-shot challenge to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton next year—a plan that would catapult him back into Presidential politics against a woman who began her political career as a staffer to the Senate committee investigating Watergate.

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http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage5.asp

[JI7]

1. that should secure Hillary's re-election

i hope he does run

[AzDar]

2. Oh please...Bring him ON!!!! eom

[CottonBear]

3. Hillary would destroy him.

I'm getting out the popcorn. :popcorn: This will be fun.

[Catchawave]

4. What's really sad

The republicans want to run a "kamikaze" candidate simply to destroy her for '08. Ain't Amerikka wonderful :sarcasm:

[Catchawave]

5. For the younger DUers

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101710614,00.html