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Caroline Kennedy's Public Saga Continues
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Now it’s because of taxes? The
New York Times reports:
Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting
of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close
to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an ...
More On Wha' Happened
Swampland —
The NYT, quoting a source close to Governor David Paterson, is reporting that problems involving taxes and a housekeeper derailed Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid.
BAD NEWS: She won't get to be a Senator.
GOOD NEWS: She can still be Treasury Secretary.
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EMPIRE STATE BATTLE
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Blind quotes in white-hot new New York Times, New York Post stories suggest Caroline Kennedy's housekeeper, taxes and possibly her marriage derailed her Senate bid. ...
Tax Problems May Have Derailed Kennedy's Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Hard feelings toward Caroline Kennedy "were clearly building" among New York Gov. David Paterson's staff, the New York Times reports. Sources close to the governor now say "problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting" of Kennedy "and derailed her candidacy for the Senate." The New York Post adds that "the state of her marriage may have presented a problem as well." These sources also suggest Kennedy "never had a shot" at being appointed to the Senate. Earlier, sources close to Kennedy suggested a "personal ...
Report: Caroline was never in contention because of tax, nanny, family issues
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... her marriage in an interview with The Post last month… Several sources said the governor, who has sole power to replace Clinton, was unimpressed with how the daughter of John F. Kennedy handled media interviews and private sessions with various officials. Three sources said Paterson had conveyed to Kennedy on Tuesday that she wasn’t likely to get picked. She, too, was at Obama’s inauguration, but kept a very low profile. Just as I’m writing this, the NYT is out with its own report confirming the tax/nanny angle . Paterson’s spinning it as evidence that he never intended to ...
The Lucky-X-Chromosome Senator For New York
small dead animals —
January 22, 2009 The Lucky-X-Chromosome Senator For New York And to think that Caroline Kennedy was in line for a mere Senate seat when she had the qualifications to be ...
Married Caroline Kennedy Derailed By Fucking The Publisher Of The New York Times, Unpaid Taxes For Nanny
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... tax problem that came up in the vetting and a potential nanny issue,” the soruce said. “And reporters are starting to look at her marriage more closely,” the soruce continued, refusing to provide any specifics.
Gossip columns have reported for more than a year that Kennedy’s marriage to Ed Schlossberg is essentially over, and the gossip site Gawker.com has reported rumors that she’s been linked to New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger.
The NY Times:
ALBANY — Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during ...
Paterson Is Evil
Daily Pundit —
Housekeeper and Taxes Are Said to Derail Kennedy’s Bid - NYTimes.com
Virtually no one in state politics on Thursday was willing to make a bet on the appointment the unpredictable governor might make in the end. And the governor and his aides remained shocked at the recent turn of events and stung by criticism of their handling of the process.
Odd, isn’t it, how literally in a few hours the governor has become “unpredictable?” (Read: A Whackjob).
Before this is over, he’ll be tarred and feathered by Kennedy Stepinfetchopolous and others of his ilk for mistreating the eminently ...
Housekeeper and Taxes Derail Caroline?
The Corner on National Review Online —
Thursday, January 22, 2009 [image] Housekeeper and Taxes Derail Caroline? [ Mark Hemingway ] NYT : Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy s own description of her reasons for withdrawing. The account emerged 14 hours after Ms. Kennedy announced that she was taking her name out of contention for the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, and as Mr. Paterson, according to two Democrats told of his thinking, was leaning toward selecting ...
The Rich Are Different
Suburban Guerrilla —
Kennedy apparently had tax problems with a household employee.
Caroline Kennedy Apparently Withdrew Over Tax Problems And A Housekeeper
Say Anything —
... ALBANY — Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy’s own description of her reasons for withdrawing. ...
Caroline: A Taxonomy of Blame
TPMDC —
... Now that friends of Caroline Kennedy and the office of New York Governor David Patterson seem to be in open warfare, it's worth looking back at this skirmish on the Hudson and asking what went wrong and who's at fault. First, I think Teddy Kennedy--and everyone wishes him the best--seems to have been way too encouraging about getting another Kennedy in the Senate. Poor health or not, should he not have seen that this was not the right niece for the job? Second, Caroline Schlossberg herself should have asked herself whether this was really the right job for her. Can someone so ...
Nanny Problems
Neptunus Lex —
When it comes to taxation on “the rich”, I get why Paul endorses the robbery of Peter. When it comes to limousine guilt, I guess I get why so many of the ultra-rich are prepared to raise their own taxes, so long as they can get some money from me too. If you’re living the life on a multi-million dollar trust fund, maybe you can get by on only a million or so per year for a while. Plus, the really rich can afford great tax lawyers to leverage loopholes in the tax law that their access to political power enables.
But can it really be true that a leading light of one of the country’s wealthiest families and liberal political dynasties ...
With Geithner, Kennedy, Will Media Raise Concerns About Democratic Culture of Corruption?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
As Barack Obama's tax-delinquent Treasury pick Tim Geithner appears to be sailing smoothly towards nomination, it seems Caroline Kennedy's once all-but-apparent ascension to the vacant Senate seat for New York seems to be dead in the water and sinking fast.
As the New York Times is reporting, tax issues appear to be responsible for sinking the Kennedy bid:
ALBANY - Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy’s own description of ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... that Bush didn't pardon Scooter Libby. Seriously. * Why did Caroline Kennedy really withdraw from Senate consideration? It may have had something to do with taxes and household employee issues . * This year's anniversary of Roe v. Wade , we have a president who ...
New York Senator On Friday ?
The Moderate Voice —
News reports are indicating that the seat vacated by Secretary Of State Clinton will be filled by New York Governor Patterson sometime on Friday. With Caroline Kennedy out of the running the front runners are Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand but I would not rule out a dark horse.
Kennedy reportedly dropped out for the same reasons that always seem to derail these kind of candidates, namely taxes and nanny issues. I must say I am always a little surprised that people in the public eye don’t take a little better care of these kinds of problems since they always seem to be the ones to pop up. I’m not ...
Caroline Kennedy, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the inane silliness of the Senate seat drama in New York
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Yes, how inane and how silly it is. And what the hell is taking so long? It was supposed to be Caroline Kennedy, or so it was thought, given how hard she was campaigning for the job, and given her last name, but she suddenly withdrew from contention on Wednesday, reports conflicting, and since then it has been all about the spin. The reason was Uncle Ted's health, but that wasn't really a valid reason, given that Uncle Ted has been unwell for some time and that Caroline isn't exactly his only caregiver (and ...
