Chelsea Clinton Office: Will Former First Daughter Run?

Chelsea Clinton opened the door for a prospective run for office in the future. She said as much in a recent interview with her new employer, NBC News. Chelsea Clinton is currently a correspondent for the news arm of NBC, which most notably runs the MSNBC cable network. She also offered a ringing endorsement of every one of the legislators that represents her, all of which are Democrats, or liberal independents, from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, I-NYC to President Obama.

Chelsea Clinton wouldn't say which particular office she was mulling over. Chelsea Clinton, who recently moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, would be moderately late in attempting a mayoral bid. Council Speaker Christine Quinn, D-Manhattan, is seen as a widespread favorite among the Democrats. Still, Chelsea Clinton could run as an Independent, as Bloomberg had after cutting ties with the Republican Party.

Depending on where exactly in the area of Madison Square Park Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky live, she is likely represented by Democrat Carolyn Maloney who is in a safe seat. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., is her other possible Congressman, and he has been in office since 1999.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., has come under fire outside New York City for his initiatives ranging from drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants to some of the most stringent gun control laws passed in any state. That may be her most likely option if she does decide to run as she has until the 2014 elections to make a decision. Cuomo is the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo and therefore carries strong name recognition on both sides of the aisle in New York State. However, Chelsea Clinton's mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton was a onetime Senator from New York, and no doubt the Clinton name carries just as much if not more weight in the Empire State because of her father, Bill.

Though Chelsea Clinton has not made a decision, she said that she will support her mother, who she said she is "unabashedly and deeply biased toward" if Hillary decides to run in 2016.