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One Last Time Into Crazyland
Taylor Marsh —
... The holidays are bringing slow news days and lots of emptiness to fill with stories that wouldn’t normally see the light of a cable show or web page. But since it’s close to the end of the year, it’s fitting that we go one more time into the crazyland. Caroline Kennedy has offered the occupants a new opportunity, with her first appearance upstate likely only to offer more fodder. Lawrence O’Donnell also reports that ...
Caroline in Rochester
Ben Smith's Blog —
... importance of indivdiual participation.”
“I’ve raised my family, (have made a) commitment to education in New York City, training principals, working for kids, and I think I really could help bring change to Washington.”
AND: Sorry, to readers who somehow aren't fascinated, by the high volume of Kennedy posts. That's the thing about blogs: The authors get way too much editorial control.
ALSO: She is really getting pounded in the press. The Times lede compares her to Sarah Palin.
In Appearance Upstate, Caroline Kennedy Says Little
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Buffalo, a first stab at getting skeptical upstate voters used to the idea of being represented in Washington by yet another down-stater.... *** In her brief statement, Ms. Kennedy said: As some of you may have heard, I told Governor Paterson Id be honored to be considered for the position of United States senator. Theres a lot of good people in this community that the governor is considering. Hes laid out a process and Im proud to be part of that process.... Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/nyregion/18upstate.ht...
Kennedy Starts to Lay Out Her Credentials
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... in Rochester: "It's not a campaign, but I have had a lifelong commitment to public service. I've written books on the Constitution and the importance of indivdiual participation.”
“I've raised my family, (have made a) commitment to education in New York City, training principals, working for kids, and I think I really could help bring change to Washington.”
Earlier: She spreaks briefly to reporters in Syracuse, mostly brushes off questions on her credentials. ...
From goat to hero, a tale of a lede rewrite at the NY Times
Daily Kos —
The old NY Times lede: In a carefully controlled strategy reminiscent of the vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, aides to Caroline Kennedy interrupted her on Wednesday and whisked her away when she was asked what her qualifications are to be a United States senator. Here's a screenshot of the Google News results: That screenshot is necessary because the lede now reads: She talked about her book, about the Bill of Rights. She talked about raising her family. And, echoing ...
The Early Word: The Kennedy 'Campaign'
The Caucus —
... New York, but she’s not calling her meet-and-greets around the state a campaign (though she’s not coy about selling her resume to voters either): “I just hope everybody understands that it is not a campaign but that I have a lifelong devotion to public service,” Ms. Kennedy said in Rochester yesterday. “I’ve written books on the Constitution and the importance of individual participation. And I’ve raised my family. I think I really could help bring change to Washington.” Here’s a dispatch from The Times’s David M. Halbfinger and Nicholas Confessore: And as the day wore on, ...
Caroline starts talking
Michael Calderone's Blog —
While everyone else has been talking about Caroline Kennedy's interest in Hillary Clinton's Senate seat — and she's been talking privately to political figures, according to reports — she's kept quiet in front of the press.
But during her first day touring upstate on Wednesday, Kennedy started to open up a bit.
The NY Times reports:
And as the day wore on, the carefully maintained silence surrounding her campaign-that-isn’t cracked, then shattered under the weight of the intense public interest her bid has drawn. She ...
