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Pirro Pirouettes
GOPers wonder: Will she run or not?
Wasn’t Jeanine Pirro supposed to be taking on Hillary by now? Over a month ago, the media were humming with sotto voce plants by GOP operatives about her imminent announcement for Senate or attorney general. The Westchester D.A. told at least one senior Republican official that she was ready to challenge Clinton, even asking whom she should hire as consultants (and boasting that the White House was behind her). Since then, she’s backpedaled—to the point of lashing out at those pressing her to run, the official says, adding that Pirro was recently overheard screaming, “I’m not gonna be pressured into the race,” during a phone call with one politico eager for her to declare already. “She’s like water in a Third World country,” says the impatient official. “Sometimes it runs hot, sometimes it runs cold.” But they should hold their fire: Word is that her decision has been put on hold for reasons unrelated to politics.
—Greg Sargent