weeklystandard.com - 12/5/2008
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After taking on a more active political role during the election, ABC's sources say David Paterson may be considering Caroline Kennedy, and she may be considering the offer:
A Democrat who would know tells ABC News that New York governor David Paterson has talked to Caroline Kennedy about ...
firedoglake.com - 12/7/2008
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firedoglake.com —
photo by Joe Burnham Everyone seems to be
salivating because Caroline Kennedy called David Patterson and is
apparently interested in the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. It's a truly terrible idea. Her leadership could have ...
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Caroline Kennedy? Thanks But No Thanks
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/5/2008
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ABC News' Jonathan Karl, filling in for Rick
Klein today Reports: The Big Three can’t win for
losing and it seems Barney Frank is already fed up with Barack Obama. But first, an exclusive from The Note. Another Senator Kennedy?...
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The Note, 12/05/08: Another Senator Kennedy?
washingtonpost.com - 12/9/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
On the question of Caroline Kennedy for Senate,
my head says no, on balance. My heart says
yes! Yes! Right now, as you might guess from the hedging on the former and the exclamation points on the latter, my heart is winning.
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Caroline Kennedy as a Possible U.S. Senator
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Opinionator —
... she’ll have to run and win in a couple of years and that’s something Kennedy has never done. I’ve seen her speak, she is almost painfully reserved and charisma-free; will she be able to convince the state that they should vote for her on her own merits? And will her appointment be seen as having been earned or just a function of her famous name? Or will any of this matter because really, how do you run against Caroline Kennedy? Even Mary Katharine Ham at Weekly Standard sees it as a possibly smart choice : When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disavowed interest in the job this week, ...
Senator Kennedy Again? Why?
The Sundries Shack —
... Barack Obama owes quite a lot to Ted Kennedy for his help during the campaign. The P-E doesn’t have a lot to give the ailing Senator because he doesn’t need nor want for anything political or material. He’s gotten about everything he could have ever wanted in his career. But a plum Senate seat for his daughter would be a nice little payback for a couple years of favors. Otherwise, what’s the advantage of putting someone with even less experience than the P-E in the Senate? (via MKH ) ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/16/2008 — Caroline Kennedy has called Hillary Clinton to discuss her interested in the New York Senator's seat, a source close to Clinton tells the Huffington Post. But the two, as of Monday, had yet to actually speak.
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nydailynews.com 12/17/2008 — Caroline Kennedy's stop in Rochester was slightly less scripted than her appearance earlier today in Syracuse, which Times scribes Nick Confessore and Jeremy Peters described as so controlled it was "reminiscent of the vice-president hopeful Sarah ...
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scotusblog.com 11/11/2008 — Analysis
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s reputation as a “swing” vote in the Supumereme Court is well known, and frequently validated. It is not often, though, that the tendency to swing is evident as early as the oral argument in a ...
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/5/2008 — Caroline Kennedy's name is being talked about for Clinton's senate seat.
(CNN) — Could Caroline Kennedy, considered to be among the most private members of the Kennedy clan, be tapped to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat?
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First Read 12/5/2008
From NBC’s Andrea Mitchell New York State Democratic Party sources tell NBC News that Caroline Kennedy has expressed interest in the New York Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton .
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