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she doesn't decide to run.
DIANE SAWYER: Cokie, what's your vote on this, and what are the quirks of a Senate race?
COKIE ROBERTS, ABC News: The quirks of a Senate race are awful any place, and in New York they are really awful. Just ask Geraldine Ferraro. The truth is I think Mrs. -- I only know from what I read and some of her friends I've talked to -- I think she might start to consider it seriously. What happens to potential candidates is everyone starts telling them we need you, the state needs you, the party needs you, you can do it, only you can do it. And it starts to go to people's heads. And why not. I think -- I just hope she has some good friends who only care about her and not the Democratic Party who can give her advice about what's the right thing for her. Because putting yourself through this campaign after what she's been through to me is just plain nuts.
DIANE SAWYER: George, we've seen how she handles the President under attack, stoically and strongly. How is she when she's personally under attack?
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: She's tough. I mean, Diane, there's no question about that. She likes to come out fighting. It's both the lawyer in her and the political Paul in her. But also at the same time, she doesn't like it all that much. One of the images I have in my head is that whenever we had big debates or big events on the campaign trail, she would sit back in a room and wait for it to be over. She does the fight, but she doesn't always enjoy it.
DIANE SAWYER: George Stephanopoulos, Cokie Roberts, thanks so much, for stopping by this morning. It's 17 past.
Charlie?
CHARLES GIBSON: Thank you very much, Diane.
“Nightline,” ABC, 2/17/1999
ANNOUNCER: February 17, 1999.
CHRIS WALLACE, ABC News: (voice-over) Her husband figures she's a natural.
Pres. WILLIAM J. : I think she would be terrific in the Senate, but that's a decision that she'll have to make.
Substituting for Ted Koppel and reporting from
