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nytimes.com - 1/22/2009

Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Senate Bid

— nytimes.com — Caroline Kennedy told Gov. David Paterson that she no longer wanted to be considered for the New York Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a person who was told of her decision. > (more) Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Senate Bid

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nypost.com - 1/21/2009

CAROLINE KENNEDY ENDS SENATE SEAT BID - New York Post

— nypost.com — By FREDRIC U. DICKER IN ALBANY and MAGGIE HABERMAN IN N.Y. \ Last updated: 7:18 pm January 21, 2009 Posted: 6:43 pm January 21, 2009 Caroline Kennedy has told Gov. David Paterson that she is withdrawing her name from consideration to replace outgoing ... (more) CAROLINE KENNEDY ENDS SENATE SEAT BID - New York Post

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nypost.com - 1/22/2009

CAROLINE'S KAPUT - New York Post

— nypost.com — By FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and MAGGIE HABERMAN in NY Last updated: 3:21 am January 22, 2009 Posted: 3:02 am January 22, 2009 Caroline Kennedy last night withdrew from consideration to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, just two months after ... (more) CAROLINE'S KAPUT - New York Post

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All Very Strange
Eschaton — I was about to comment on the fact that Caroline Kennedy was out, but that seems to maybe be in some dispute. Or not.

Caroline, No
Balloon Juice — ... press secretary, said the governor had dismissed reports that Ms. Kennedy was withdrawing as “just the rumor of the day.” More than an hour later, Mr. Cockfield asked that that statement not be published, and suggested that more information would be provided by the governor’s office. But neither he nor the governor’s communications director, Risa B. Heller, would respond to further questions about Ms. Kennedy. And this AP News alert sums up the confusion quite well: Source: Caroline ...

A Third Explanation For Kennedy Withdrawal
News — ... suggested that she left the race because Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.) wasn't going to appoint her to the vacant Senate seat. Kennedy herself has done little to clarify why she left the race aside. After conflicting reports over whether she was withdrawing, she released a one-sentence statement announcing her decision early Thursday. "I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate," she said.