Hometown GOP says NY Rep. King should make WH run
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Peter King is leaving the door open for a possible presidential bid.
King represents a congressional district on New York’s Long Island. His national profile has soared as head of the House Homeland Security panel.
King says he’s taking a wait-and-see approach to a suggestion by a powerful hometown Republican that he run for president. King told The Associated Press today: “Let’s see what happens.”
He insists that he’s focused on another run for Congress in 2012.
The chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee drew applause from 1,100 fellow Republicans at a dinner Tuesday night when he suggested King run for the White House.
Joseph Mondello says King doesn’t speak from a pollster’s cue card. He says King also understands the national debt and the war on terror.