The 2013 New York City Mayoral election may turn out to be a Hollywood contest. Alec Baldwin has expressed interest in the Democratic nomination. On the Republican side, Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is interested in the GOP nomination.
Imagine Kelsey Grammer as the next resident of Gracie Mansion.
The “Frasier” star — a longtime conservative Republican — now says he plans to run for office, perhaps right here in New York, when he gives up acting.
“I have had a great career and extraordinary opportunities,” he told The Post. “But I look at my political aspirations as that last piece of my life — where I hope to do something good for people and pay back a little.”
The leap from actor to politician isn’t that great, the actor believes. Both, he says, require a “narcissistic personality” to succeed.
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Grammer is not only one of Hollywood’s rare anti-tax, small-government Republicans, but he is an activist. Unlike a lot of actors who like to give their opinions on issues, he campaigns for and travels with candidates he likes — and he is a big-time giver to conservative causes.
In the last presidential election, he endorsed Rudy Giuliani but ended up going on the road for Sen. John McCain.
He is also the major bankroll behind a small cable channel called Rightnetwork that launched last September and goes by the slogan “All that’s Right with the world.”
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At this point, this is all speculation. But a Kelsey Grammer vs. Alec Baldwin would be straight out of a movie.
