With Andrew Cuomo by her side, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said she won’t make an endorsement in the Democratic gubernatorial primary race between Cuomo and Comptroller Carl McCall.
“I think I’m going to support our Democratic nominee,” said Clinton, appearing with Cuomo at an event to promote domestic-violence awareness.
Pressed by a reporter on whether she’d make a choice between Cuomo and McCall, Clinton said: “I do not have any plans to do that.”
Since taking office – and while on the campaign trail in 2000 – Clinton has carefully avoided taking sides in Democratic primary battles and tried to curry favor with all wings of the state party.
Clinton yesterday noted that she had appeared with McCall several weeks ago on Long Island to talk about education issues – where she had also stressed that she wouldn’t back either candidate in the primary.