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Could it have been 'Sen. Rosalynn Carter (D.-Ga)'?
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jan 27, 2008 11:57pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, June 26, 1999 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Although their President-husbands are not close, Hillary Rodham Clinton has long expressed admiration for Rosalynn Carter, the First Lady to whom Hillary is most often likened (along with, of course, Eleanor Roosevelt). Dubbed "the prelude to Hillary Rodham Clinton" by the New York Times, the strongwilled-butquiet Mrs. Carter in all likelihood had as much influence on her husband and his administration as Hillary has had on hers. Rosalynn regularly attended and spoke up at cabinet meetings (something even Mrs. Clinton has not done), held a weekly working lunch with her husband to discuss policy, and lobbied Congress on behalf of mental health legislation.
During recent trips to New York City and Washington, nc the lady from Plains, Ga., whom Carter intimates nicknamed "Steel Magnolia," was asked what she thought of the present First Lady's anticipated bid for the U.S. Senate from New York. In remarks that the New York Times said "did not exactly endorse the First Lady's potential Senate campaign," Mrs. Carter told reporters, "I think it's up to her, if she wants to do it. She's so well educated, and so capable. I think she probably would really like to continue her knowledge and influence. I can see why she wants to run for the Senate:'
And then Mrs. Carter went on to reveal to the Times a heretofore-unknown bit of political lore. The current frenzy in New York is not the first time a First Lady had been urged to run for the Senate. Rosalynn herself, she said, awas asked by her party to run for U.S. senator from Georgia after her husband left the White House." She declined, she told Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller, because, "What would I have done in Washington with Jimmy at home?"
That's an intriguing revelation, all right. But there's one nagging problem with it: No one knowledgeable about Georgia politics-Democrats included-was aware that Mrs. Carter was ever approached by anyone to run for the Senate, or any office.
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