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Rudy Giuliani May Back Jeanine Pirro
Riding high in the presidential polls, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani took time off from a golf tournament this week to praise Jeanine Pirro - now seeking the GOP nomination for the Senate seat held by Hillary Clinton - but stopped short of backing the Westchester County district attorney. Calling her "a superior candidate," Giuliani added: "Jeanine Pirro is a very good friend. I think she's been an absolutely terrific district attorney." But when asked by Westchester's Journal News about endorsing Pirro over GOP opponents Ed Cox, the late Richard Nixon's son-in-law, and former Yonkers mayor John Spencer, Giuliani said: "It's a little early, but let's hope — let's hope she'll be a candidate and I'll support her. Ed Cox is a good man, too, and he's a good friend of mine, so we're going to have to see how that all works out. But Jeanine, I think, is a superior candidate." In a statement, Pirro said: "I am gratified by Rudy's support, particularly given our shared law enforcement background. I look forward to his being a part of my campaign for Senate." Cox's campaign saw Giuliani's comment in a very different light, according to the Journal News.
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Said Cox spokesman Thomas Basile, "It is clear that Giuliani is not about to jump in and rescue the floundering Pirro campaign. He is not going to take a big political risk getting out front on Pirro when her campaign's credibility and viability are being widely questioned."
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