New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently declared herself one of many people who hope Hillary Clinton gives a presidential run another go in 2016. And last night in an interview on NY1, she reiterated that she thinks Clinton is โso well poised in my view to really be such an amazingly strong candidate for president in 2016.โ But what about the wildly popular and successful Andrew Cuomo, who is presumed to be interested in a 2016 run? Gillibrand seemed to think (hope?) that she wonโt have to choose between her mentor and herย governor:
โWell, Governor Cuomo is doing an outstanding job as our governor, and I have extraordinary respect for him, and heโs doing a wonderful job, but I know heโs 100 percent focused on being governor,โ she answered.
Pressed again on whether she thinks Mr. Cuomo wonโt run, she repeated, โWell, heโs certainly talented enough, but I know with everything heโs said to date, heโs really just focused on being the best governor he canย be.โ
Cuomoโs first term ends on December 31, 2014, a full year before the start of the 2016ย primaries.
