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First lady schedules New York trip
April 13, 1999 ALBANY, New York (AllPolitics, April 13) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is planning a swing through New York next week to gauge what a campaign for the Senate might be like in the Empire State. Mrs. Clinton is planning to make several stops in New York, from Long Island to Niagara Falls. Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Mrs. Clinton and a veteran New York political activist, said Monday that the trip should help give the first lady a sense of what a New York campaign would be like.
"There'll be more press, more people taking to her and so I think she'll come away with a much better feel about the intensity of the situation," Ickes said. Mrs. Clinton is considering mounting a bid for the Senate seat left open by retiring Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan. A possible opponent could be New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who announced an exploratory campaign committee that will allow him more freedom in raising and spending money for a possible candidacy. Mrs. Clinton begins her trip Monday with a speech at Columbia University in New York City. She will follow that with an appearance at a fund-raising event benefiting Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat who was one of President Bill Clinton's biggest supporters during the House impeachment proceedings. On Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton will visit Hofstra University on Long Island. In the evening, she will return to New York City for a speech at a $250-a-person fund-raising dinner for the United Jewish Appeal. Mrs. Clinton also is scheduled to speak Thursday to the annual convention of the politically powerful New York State United Teachers Union in Niagara Falls. That appearance will put her in the Buffalo area in the midst of the eight-day "Operation Save America" anti-abortion protest. On Sunday Mrs. Clinton plans to attend a fun-raiser for Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat who has said she would run if the first lady does not. Former Sen. Al D'Amato, a New York Republican, said recently that this planned appearance is an indication Mrs. Clinton will not run. Ickes said he still doesn't expect any decision from Mrs. Clinton on the Senate race until sometime this summer, at the earliest. The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
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