blogs.tnr.com - 12/30/2008
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Yesterday Page Six reported that Hillary Clinton returned a $2,300 contribution from Caroline Kennedy after the latter endorsed Barack Obama in the primaries. Had we known this? I didn't. (Assuming it's accurate, a necessary caveat when it comes to Page Six.) Meanwhile yesterday I stumbled onto ...
Caroline Is Out In Out In?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/22/2009 — So is Caroline Kennedy in or out for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat?
Earlier tonight it was reported that Caroline Kennedy had withdrawn her bid to be appointed by Gov. David Paterson, first from the New York Post , then picked up again by the ...
Did Caroline Ever Really Want It?
fivethirtyeight.com 1/22/2009 — If the news is true that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her bid for the Senate, then one of two things has happened.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 ...
Caroline and Me
thenation.com 1/8/2009 — Caroline Kennedy would like to be a senator. I don't blame her. So would I! Especially if Governor Paterson could just waft me into office, and I didn't have to, um, you know, campaign. I'll bet some parts of the job are really fun, and it's public ...
Obama and Ted Kennedy See Plans Foiled as Caroline Withdraws?
thewashingtonnote.com 1/24/2009 —
At noon today EST, New York Governor Dennis Paterson will announce that Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand will succeed Hillary Clinton's recently vacated U.S. Senate seat. But until forty-eight hours ago, most still had their money on Caroline Kennedy, ...
Caroline Kennedy: Kennedys Work Twice as Hard
blogs.abcnews.com 12/29/2008 — In an interview with NY1, aspiring New York Senator Caroline Kennedy states her case. "I think that I have relationships in Washington that I would like to put to work," Kennedy told NY1 political anchor Dominic Carter. "I helped run...
Time's 2009 Person of the Year: Caroline Kennedy
news.aol.com 12/17/2008 — Comedian Andy Borowitz has a short parody piece on the Caroline Kennedy for Senate situation that is spot on.
It begins:
Caroline Kennedy would like to be considered Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2009 and has let the magazine's editor know of her interest in the honor, aides to ...
Send Caroline Kennedy to Court of St. James
thewashingtonnote.com 12/26/2008 —
(UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown receiving bust of John F. Kennedy from Caroline Kennedy)
Caroline Kennedy is having a rough time convincing fellow New York-based Dems that she's good for them. If she really, really wants to be in the rough and ...
IRKED BY HILLARY- New York Post
nypost.com 12/30/2008 — December 29, 2008 -- SOME of those who are owed $6.3 million by Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign are annoyed at the senator's grandstanding. Clinton received a $2,300 contribution from Caroline Kennedy , but returned it after Kennedy very ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Sweet on Caroline
nytimes.com 1/7/2009 — Caroline Kennedy is smart, cultivated, serious and unpretentious. The Senate, shamefully sparse on profiles in courage during Dick Cheney’s reign of terror, would be lucky to get her. >
Obama's paycheck bonus —
CNN Political Ticker 12/30/2008
Then-Sen. Obama's chance meeting with an Ohio plumber in October became a symbol for the battle for working- and middle class voters.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — For many cash-strapped workers, Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the economy ...
Commentary: Please, no more scandal in 2009 —
CNN.com - Politics 12/30/2008
As poll after poll quantifies the public's immense admiration for Barack Obama as the incoming 44th president of the United States, other politicians, especially those elected to serve in the U.S. Congress, continue to yield approval numbers low ...
Kennedy's 'you knows' become political fodder —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/30/2008
If Caroline Kennedy had, you know, only known. Tracking the would-be New York senator's verbal tics has become a political parlor game in the days since she gave her first round of in-depth interviews, even spawning a hip-hop-style mash-up online ...
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