observer.com - 12/6/2008
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Senator Robert Menendez, who now heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has reached out to Caroline Kennedy to gauge her interest in filling the empty seat Hillary Clinton will leave when she joins the Obama administration as secretary of state, according to one Democrat familiar ...
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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blogs.abcnews.com —
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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Saturday reading: Infrastructure
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama offers more detail about the infrastructure he'd like to spend on.
He speaks against a visibly urban backdrop.
Biden surrenders some of Cheney's power.
Caroline will talk to Menendez, and Jason Horowitz notes a key Paterson-Kennedy backchannel.
RFK Jr. says she's considering it.
I'm still a bit of a skeptic: Her resume, and her personality, don't scream U.S. Senate. But it may be hers for the asking.
Hopeless Spitzer buzz lives.
Bill Ayers, infuriating left and ...
Caroline Kennedy Speculation
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Sen. Ted Kennedy "has been working back channels to promote niece Caroline as the replacement" for Clinton in the Senate.
Plus: NY Observer: DSCC chair Menendez has reached out to Kennedy "to gauge her interest in filling the empty seat." ...
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Kennedy Reaches Out To Clinton Directly
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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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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washingtonmonthly.com 12/15/2008 — CAROLINE KENNEDY TO SEEK SENATE SEAT.... It's not necessarily a surprise, given her outreach efforts to New York political leaders, but Caroline Kennedy has reportedly decided to formally pursue Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. The decision came after a ...
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boston.com 12/10/2008 — By all accounts, Caroline Kennedy is a fine person, one revered within her tight circle of friends and family. But that doesn't qualify her to be a senator.
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CNN.com - Politics 12/6/2008
Caroline Kennedy, who spent most of her life looking to steer clear of the spotlight, is capping off a year of unusually public -- and political -- activity with interest in the Senate seat that would vacated by Secretary of State-designate Hillary ...
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