Cuomo Endorses Hillary for President

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo endorsed a prospective presidential bid by Hillary Clinton on Sunday, predicting that she will beat President Bush if she enters the presidential race next year.

"I would support her in a flash if she came into the race, absolutely," Cuomo told The New York Post. "I believe she would have an excellent chance to defeat President Bush and, yes, I believe she would win."

Cuomo's endorsement comes despite Bill and Hillary Clinton's decision last year to pull the rug out from under his son Andrew, who was forced to abandon his own bid to become New York governor when the Clintons announced they were backing New York State Comptroller Carl McCall in the race.

Hillary denies she is running for president, but, as Carl Limbacher, author of "Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House" reports, Hillary may be using Mr. Cuomo's strategy in 1992, when he said he had no plans to run, but laid the groundwork for a run.

Mr. Cuomo, like Hillary, held the Democratic race in suspension, as he waited until the last minute to decide. The last minute was filing for the New Hampshire primary. Cuomo even had a jet ready to take him on the day registration closed. In the end, Cuomo decided not to run.

This time Hillary may take the plunge, Limbacher says. The deadline for registering in New Hampshire is Nov. 21, 2003.

Limbacher also notes that in backing Hillary now, Mr. Cuomo also had to overlook the Clintons' history of Hillary's husband uttering anti-Italian slurs.

In 1992, Mr. Clinton agreed on tape with his then girlfriend Gennifer Flowers, after she suggested that Cuomo had "some major mafioso connections."

"He sure acts like one," Clinton replied.

In 1998, while campaigning on behalf of then-Rep. Chuck Schumer, who was seeking to unseat Clinton nemesis Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, the former first lady repeatedly referred to D'Amato in stump speeches as "Al Tomato."

This coming Saturday Sen. Clinton is set to meet with top political advisors to decide when she should officially announce her presidential campaign.

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