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betsyspage.blogspot.com - 1/22/2009
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I see that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her efforts to be the next senator from New York. Her excuse is that she is concerned about her uncle's health.
That's all very sweet, but she knew that her uncle had an aggressive brain tumor before she started her efforts to be senator and she did so ...
nytimes.com - 1/22/2009
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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. >
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Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Senate Bid
nypost.com - 1/21/2009
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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 ...
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CAROLINE KENNEDY ENDS SENATE SEAT BID - New York Post
time.com - 1/22/2009
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By citing "personal reasons" for withdrawing her name
from consideration for New York senator, was she referring...
to her uncle's illness?
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Ted Kennedy's Circle Upset By Caroline Kennedy's Awkward ...
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Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Name from Senate Consideration?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... this is a convenient opportunity to extricate herself from a situation that had turned somewhat problematic. It seems unlikely that she will be spending so much time with her ailing uncle that she would be unable to serve. But, then again, perhaps she will. On the one hand, it seems unfair to make such judgments, on the other it is what happens when one enters politics–even if it is just a pinky toe to try out the water.
Not surprisingly, I am not the only cynic here. Betsy Newmark has her own theory:
What do you bet that the Governor got word ...
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