Chris Smith

During a Q&A in Albany today, reporters tried to ask Michael Bloomberg about Chris Smith's story that details his former aide's travel across the country in service of a possible presidential bid.

But all they got was the usual boilerplate denial, which according to a reader who was there, went something like: No matter how many times you ask the question, I'm not a candidate for President.

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So the etiquette inside Hillaryland is not to discuss 2008 until sometime in January. But what about people, like Rep. Joe Crowley, who seem eager to announce her candidacy: any complaints from Hillary Clinton's people?

That's basically what New York magazine's Chris Smith asked Crowley:

Recently the Post ran a front-page story where you essentially announced Hillary Clinton's candidacy for president. Get any static from the senator's staff?

No. When Hillary called to talk about her thinking for 2008, I wasn't instructed by anyone not to speak about it. The Post asked my personal opinion, and my sense is she's gonna run. I would have been lying if I'd said anything else. I think she'd make a great president.

-- Azi Paybarah