Hillary Short-Circuited JFK Jr. Senate Run
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:38 p.m. EST
Before he died in a tragic plane crash in July 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. was weighing a decision to run for Senate in New York. But according to a new book, then first lady Hillary Clinton short-circuited the plan by declaring her interest in the same office.
"John watched with growing dismay as Hillary subtly insinuated herself into what he considered his state," Laurence Leamer writes in "Sons of Camelot."
Leamer says Kennedy was considering abandoning his job as publisher of George magazine to make his first run for office - and had begun polling on the prospect of replacing then incumbent Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Fox News chief Roger Ailes - a one-time GOP strategist - was sounded out on the idea of a Kennedy run. And according to the New York Post, he concluded that Kennedy would be "a viable candidate."
But when Hillary signaled she wanted to make the run herself, Kennedy quietly shelved the idea.
"He was too much of a gentleman" to object, Leamer told the Post.
Privately, however, the heir to the Kennedy political dynasty was "upset" that Mrs. Clinton had elbowed him out of the race, contends Leamer.
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