You are at most three degrees from Bill Clinton, and possibly two, as I met him to talk with for several minutes after Katrina. If that's not quite good enough, and you want someone who Clinton knows as well, you still come in at three max via Cariadoc's dad. And of course, if you know anyone reasonably political (congressman/mayor of someplace as large as Utica/university president/etc..) I suspect you're back down to two more legitimately.