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Caroline Kennedy Takes Questions
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The potential New York Senate replacement answers written questions Saturday submitted by Politico.
Spokesman says she backs gay marriage, refuses to answer whether she'd support the Democratic nominee for New York Mayor in 2009. ...
Filling the blank slate
Political Animal —
FILLING THE BLANK SLATE.... Caroline Kennedy's interest in filling New York's vacancy in the Senate has more than a few hurdles to clear, not the least of which is the fact that no one really knows her positions on any issue. The Politico submitted a questionnaire to Kennedy in the hopes of fleshing out some of these pertinent details. It appears that she's staking out a claim on the more progressive side of things. Caroline Kennedy is finally sharing some of her political opinions with the people she's campaigning to represent -- casting herself in the liberal tradition of ...
(Caroline) Kennedy comes out for gay marriage
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16769.html Kennedy comes out for gay marriage Caroline Kennedy is finally sharing some of her political opinions with the people she's campaigning to represent casting herself in the liberal tradition of uncle Ted Kennedy, bucking Barack Obama by supporting same-sex marriage and disavowing Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq invasion. A Kennedy spokesman drafted seven written answers to the eight questions submitted by Politico to the 51-year-old attorney, author and electoral novice. *** QUESTION 2: Same-sex marriage. Do you ...
The Politics Of Celebrity
Riehl World View —
... - and now a Kennedy, whose name equals celebrity, ever if her public profile hasn't up til now, we seem to be having a fit of the politics of celebrity to some degree. One could argue it started as many trends do in California with governor Arnold, who seems to be something of a bust these days. ...
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Kennedy comes out for gay marriage
Caroline Kennedy is finally sharing some of her political opinions with the people she's campaigning to represent — casting herself in the liberal ...
Tommy Christopher Finds Caroline Kennedy's 'Interview' Unconvincing
Politics Daily —
... Politico submitted 8 written questions to Caroline Kennedy, on a range of political issues, and received 7 written answers that were drafted by her spokesman, Stefan Friedman. As if this wasn't unusual enough, the answers were weak, and referred to Caroline in the third person. For example: ...
Al Giordano: The Populist Case for Caroline Kennedy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Caroline Kennedy's open support for marriage rights for gays and lesbians in an era when top liberal Democrats can't bring themselves to support it offers the best antidote to the Rick Warren blues yet. ...
Slaughter Likes Kennedy — But Not Her Written Answers
News —
... Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) defended Caroline Kennedy's campaign for Senate but added that she wouldn't have answered reporters in writing like the campaign has done. Slaughter, who has endorsed Kennedy, was asked on MSNBC Monday whether she agreed with Kennedy's decision to respond in writing to questionnaires from Politico and ...
Caroline Kennedy supports gay marriage
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
This news happened on Saturday, but I still wanted to bring it up because it's important, and I think says something about Kennedy. For all the talk of Caroline being new to politics - well, beyond fundraising - she apparently has some backbone that a lot of other Democrats do not. Even Hillary, as gay friendly as she definitely is, isn't for marriage, and we all know that Obama isn't. All the while, the marriage bandwagon is going full steam ahead in New York state. The governor supports it, and the assembly, led by Danny O'Donnell, already passed it. I used to ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... with Congressman Steve Israel (who also wants the Senate seat) and Congressman Anthony Weiner (who wants to take the mayor's job away from Bloomberg and, unlike Bloomberg, is a Democrat). A Politico story this weekend reported that Caroline Kennedy refuses to say that she'll endorse the Democratic mayoral candidate next year. ...
WaPo’s Capehart: Caroline’s Prospects Weakening
Firedoglake —
... Mistake No. 2: Refusing to swear allegiance to the Democratic challenger to Mayor Bloomberg when he seeks a third term next year. New York Democrats are right to demand it. ...
The new Hillary is no Caroline
Citizen Crain —
... However you felt about Caroline Kennedy's precocious non-campaign campaign to be the new junior senator from New York, she would have represented improvement over Hillary Clinton on marriage equality. For whatever reason, Kennedy made support for marriage equality one of the few controversial issues on which she took a specific stand. Hillary, of course, insists she's not there yet -- in public or in her ...
