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JACK NEWFIELD: Congresswoman Nita Lowey is the only other alternative the Democrats have at this point and she has already said she would immediately step aside if the First Lady wants to enter the race. I think 's interest, and I think there is interest, is going to freeze the field until April or May or June when she finally decides.
RODHAM , First Lady Of The United States: Now, every New Yorker, I believe, has a tremendous stake in this -- men, women, children of all ages, all backgrounds, races, ethnicities because one of our great challenges moving into this new century is are we going to do this together?
CHRIS BURY: (voice-over) The buzz about began with her wildly successful fundraising efforts on behalf of Charles Schumer and other Democratic candidates. Now, they are urging her to run, knowing her approval ratings have never been higher. That she is an Illinois native living in Washington and registered to vote in Arkansas makes little difference in New York.
BOBBY KENNEDY: The first senator from the state of New York, Rupert King, was from Massachusetts.
CHRIS BURY: (voice-over) That's how Bobby Kennedy answered the carpetbagger question when he moved to New York just to capture a Senate seat in 1964. But even if New Yorkers are historically open to out of towners, why would Mrs. want to run given what she has been through lately and knowing she will have enormous and lucrative opportunities ahead? The First Lady's former press secretary believes all this attention validates Mrs. 's standing as an independent political figure.
LISA CAPUTO, Former Press Secretary: It's got to be enormously flattering and I think in many ways that this notion and interest in having the First Lady run for a Senate seat does reaffirm that she is a person of substance.
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