George E. Pataki
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George E. Pataki Pataki
Mr. D'Amato, who in 1994 helped shepherd a little-known George E. Pataki to the governor's mansion, has been openly praising the presumed Democratic front-runner for governor, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, and yesterday he attacked Mr. Weld's stewardship of Decker College. The feud is the latest embarrassment for a state party that has already seen the implosion of Jeanine F. Pirro's bid to topple Senator Clinton and open Republican challenges to the leadership of Governor Pataki, who is not running for a fourth term.