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Article: New York's musical chairs.(proposed Senate candidates for New York seat include Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 29, 1999
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MOST adults tend to forget how vicious childhood games are. Politicians never do, because they replay them time and again. At the beginning of the week it seemed that there might be two musical chairs in New York and three politicians. Then George announced that he wasn't playing--and took his chair back to Albany. That left Rudy and Hillary snarling at each other over the last chair. Rudy saw it first, but Hillary has told her friends that she deserves it more. Meanwhile, Al, who is supposed to be Hillary's friend, wants to play another game and Bill, who won the last game, may butt in. And the music won't stop for another 18 months.
Like most children who ...