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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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You Can Keep Your Senate Seat
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel Nate Silver states the obvious: If the news is true that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her bid for the Senate, then one of two things has happened. The first possibility is that David Paterson decided some days ago to go with another candidate, and gave Kennedy the opportunity to save face by withdrawing her name from consideration. You know: the old "You Can't Fire Me! I Quit!" shtick. The second possibility, not entirely mutually exclusive with the first, is that Kennedy was just not all ...

Report: Caroline was never in contention because of tax, nanny, family issues
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... of last night’s clusterfark doesn’t convince you this is one of the weirdest ends to a candidacy in modern political history, maybe this will: I count no fewer than seven theories floated in the past 24 hours for why she quit. 1. She was worried about Teddy. 2. She was pushed out by Teddy because he wants his wife to inherit his own Senate seat and was worried about Kennedy overload. 3. She didn’t want to disrupt her family by moving to D.C. 4. She decided she never really wanted it . 5. She felt guilty that Paterson was being strong-armed into ...

Tax and Housekeeper Problems Derail Caroline Kennedy’s Senate Appointment
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Kennedy is OUT as a candidate to replace Hillary Clinton in the United States Senate. The New York Post had it first last night and then as Allah puts it a clusterfark of spin occurred. 1. She was worried about Teddy. 2. She was pushed out by Teddy because he wants his wife to inherit his own Senate seat and was worried about Kennedy overload. 3. She didn’t want to disrupt her family by moving to D.C. 4. She decided she never really wanted it. 5. She felt guilty that Paterson was being strong-armed into ...