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ft.com - 1/5/2009
FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy - Pressure mounts over replacement for Clinton
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Facing one of the most nail-biting choices since the presidential election, David Paterson, the New York governor, has been told he would be guilty of “political malpractice” if he named anyone other than Caroline Kennedy as the state’s new junior representative in the Senate. Mr Paterson, under ...

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New Yorkers Saying No to Aristocracy As Sole Qualifier In a Democracy
Open Left - Front Page — As billionaire Republican Michael Bloomberg dispatches his thuggish aides to presumptuously berate Democratic Gov. David Paterson for daring to consider appointing anyone other than Caroline Kennedy to the New York Senate seat, a ...

David Sirota: New Yorkers Saying No to Aristocracy As Sole Qualifier In a Democracy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... As billionaire Republican Michael Bloomberg dispatches his thuggish aides to presumptuously berate Democratic Gov. David Paterson for daring to consider appointing anyone other than Caroline Kennedy to the New York Senate seat, a ...

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