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the same reason she's done a lot of things in her life, because she thinks it's the place she could make a difference. You know, there are a lot of issues she's worked on, children's issues, women's issues, and I think if she decides to make this run she's not going to focus on the New York Post or what the traffic's going to be like but really what the job would be and what she could get done. And yeah, you're always a little bit nuts to run in New York and it's always tough, but she's dealt with Ken Starr. I think she could probably deal with the New York Post.
CHRIS WALLACE: Senator D'Amato, imagine that you're the Republican candidate in this race. Would it be delicate to run against the First Lady? Would you have to pull your punches?
AL D'AMATO, (R), Former Senator New York: (New York) You'd have to certainly be careful, particularly if you have a woman. But let me say she has a natural constituency. She'd rally a tremendous amount of support and she'd be a very formidable candidate and I think the media would just have a wonderful time, great, great theater and it would be a donnybrook. She would have everyone throughout the country following this race. The New York press corps is one of the toughest. Is she up to it? I think that she's weathered some pretty tough storms and she would be a tough candidate for anyone.
CHRIS WALLACE: You say it would be a donnybrook. We'll get into detail later, but briefly, how would you run against her? What are the one or two points that you think as a Republican you would want to make against her?
AL D'AMATO: Oh, I think you'd have to take, go right to her strength and indeed, she has been a great advocate on behalf of women and children, etc., and some of these programs are great programs, but someone has to pay for it. And so you'd have to try to take it on the plane as to who's going to pay and where does the money com e it up scale. You cannot ta looking at it. I said it's a decision we hav
