In 2006, Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld ran for Governor of New York.
He secured the Libertarian Party's nomination and competed with John Faso for the Republican nomination. Ha apparently had Pataki's unofficial support and though Faso said he planned on running on the Conservative line whether or not he got the GOP nomination, Weld said the same thing regarding the Libertarian line.
So lets say Pataki comes out for Weld, Weld clinches the nomination, grabs the Independence Party Line while he's at it (Spitzer got it historically), and Spitzer's prostitution scandal comes out early imploding his campaign.
What now?
He secured the Libertarian Party's nomination and competed with John Faso for the Republican nomination. Ha apparently had Pataki's unofficial support and though Faso said he planned on running on the Conservative line whether or not he got the GOP nomination, Weld said the same thing regarding the Libertarian line.
So lets say Pataki comes out for Weld, Weld clinches the nomination, grabs the Independence Party Line while he's at it (Spitzer got it historically), and Spitzer's prostitution scandal comes out early imploding his campaign.
What now?