Former New York governor, George Pataki confirmed early Thursday in a three-and-a-half-minute video, his resolve to contest for the 2016 Presidential Republican nomination. Pataki is the eighth Republican candidate to formally announce his run for the White House.

The video posted on Pataki's campaign website highlighted his role as the governor of New York from Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks onwards. Pataki speaks in the video," We have always understood that we have a common background and a common destiny, and when we stand together, we can accomplish anything. I saw that on the streets of New York in the days and weeks after September 11".

Pataki has cited his various strengths including his ability to work with Democrats and his win against the iconic Mario Cuomo to become governor in 1994.

The video clip also featured an anti-big government message, stating that Washington has grown too big, too powerful, too expensive, and too intrusive.

Pataki, 69, has worked as a lawyer and now runs a consulting firm since 2006 after he left office. He has made several trips to New Hampshire this year alone as he explored a 2016 campaign.

Previously, Pataki has indulged in negative campaigning, claiming that the nation can't afford another Democratic president. He has vehemently opposed President Barack Obama's health care law and has criticized Obama's executive order to offer protections to millions of immigrants living in the country illegally.

However, one huge problem that Pataki's would face is his own ideology. Pataki is ideologically an old-school Republican who would be running in a modern, very conservative GOP. He is considered to be the most moderate of the 2016 Republican nominee. Pataki backs the abortion rights and gay marriage rights and this might cast a shadow on his white house claims.