The NY Post offers some speculation about former governor George Pataki's meeting with Senator John Cornyn. Because Cornyn is heading the GOP's Senate committee, it was plausible, if not a great idea, that Big Bad John might be courting Pataki to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010. The Post reports, "But many believe Pataki's subsequent drift to the left and failure to control spending weakened the state GOP and quashed any hopes he had of turning his 12-year Statehouse reign into a bid for the presidency. Likewise, national Republicans view the prospect of a Pataki run for Senate as remote. A longtime Pataki associate said the Senate talk was likely designed to draw business for his private law practice."