Caroline Kennedy Pulls Out Of NY Senate Race
Oliver Willis — ... to lose now, especially with how botched its been. Caroline Kennedy has told Gov. David Paterson that she is withdrawing her name from consideration to replace outgoing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate, The Post has learned. Kennedy cited “personal reasons,” according to sources. Her stunning move comes as sources revealed that Paterson had intended to appoint her to the now-vacant seat today. >> Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Senate Bid >> Video: Kennedy Talks Senate Seat ...

NY-Sen-B: Kennedy to Withdraw From Senate Bid
Swing State Project — NY Times: Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn from consideration for the vacant Senate seat in New York, according to a person told of her decision. On Wednesday she called the governor, David Paterson, who is making the selection of who should succeed Senator Hillary Clinton. Her concerns about Senator Edward M. Kennedy's deteriorating health (he was hospitalized after a seizure during the inaugural lunch on Tuesday ) prompted her decision to withdraw, this person said. Coping with the health issues of her uncle, with whom she enjoys an extraordinarily ...

Caroline Kennedy withdraws her name
Corrente — according to the Post and the NYT Ok, I'll start with the obvious speculation (not that we'll ever know) -- did Paterson tell her 'no way' and then give her the opportunity to avoid embarassment by dropping out herself.

Caroline Kennedy Withdraws
Hoffmania! — ... Wow. This is a head-spinner. NY Times: Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn from consideration for the vacant Senate seat in New York, according to a person told of her decision. On Wednesday she called the governor, David Paterson, who is making the selection of who should succeed Senator Hillary Clinton. Her concerns about Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s deteriorating health (he was hospitalized after a seizure during the inaugural lunch on Tuesday ) prompted her decision to withdraw, this person said. Coping with the health issues of her uncle, with ...

Caroline Kennedy withdraws from Clinton seat race: NY papers
Top of the Ticket — The N.Y. Post and Times are reporting this evening that Caroline Kennedy, once thought to be a shoo-in as the nominated replacement for new secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has phoned New York Gov. David Paterson to withdraw her name from consideration. No immediate confirmation from Paterson or Kennedy of the pair of newspaper reports. But the removal of the 51-year-old big-name family name, whose assassinated uncle Robert, once held the seat, would make life a whole lot easier for Paterson, who has many fellow Democrats with much longer ...

Caroline Kennedy Reportedly Ends Senate Bid
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] The New York Times reports Caroline Kennedy has ended her bid to replace Hillary Clinton as New York Senator, citing concerns about the health of her uncle Ted Kennedy: “On Wednesday she called the governor, David Paterson, who is making the selection of who should succeed Senator Hillary Clinton. Her concerns about Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s deteriorating health (he was hospitalized after a seizure during the inaugural lunch on Tuesday ) prompted her decision to withdraw, this person said. Coping with the health issues of her uncle, with whom she enjoys an extraordinarily close bond, was her ...

Kennedy Ends Senate Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn from consideration for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in New York, the New York Times reports. Kennedy called New York Gov. David Paterson to say her "concerns about Senator Edward M. Kennedy's deteriorating health (he was hospitalized after suffering a seizure during President Obama's inaugural lunch on Tuesday) prompted her decision to withdraw... Coping with her uncle's condition was her most important priority, a situation not conducive to starting a high profile public job." According to a source, Paterson "had indicated to her ...

Caroline Kennedy Reportedly Backs Out
Swampland — ... and New York Times are reporting this evening that Caroline Kennedy has told New York Governor David Paterson that she does not want to be considered to fill the now-vacant seat of Hillary Clinton in the United States Senate. ...

Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Her Name From Senate Race
Firedoglake — ... Looks like Andrea Mitchell got played.  She recently reported that  David Paterson had made up his mind to choose Caroline Kennedy for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, but within hours of Clinton's confirmation as Secretary of State, Kennedy has withdrawn her name from consideration. ...

Caroline Kennedy's withdrawl
Betsy's Page — I see that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her efforts to be the next senator from New York. Her excuse is that she is concerned about her uncle's health. That's all very sweet, but she knew that her uncle had an aggressive brain tumor before she started her efforts to be senator and she did so with his encouragement. Since his seizure yesterday, Senator Kennedy's spokespeople have been trying to put out the message that ...

Wanted: Senator for New York
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH According to The New York Post, also announced by other news organizations. The report goes for the bone: Sources said the reason Paterson had decided not to tap the daughter of John F. Kennedy was her poor performances in media interviews and in in private sessions with various ...

Caroline, You Know, Dropped Out Because Paterson Wasn’t Going To Appoint Her, Anyway
Wonkette » top — ... And now, it is finished, probably, even though she wrote that nice endorsement column for the NYT that sort of helped Obama finally claim the nomination he had already pretty much won. Caroline Kennedy is surely a nice lady who knows many things, and now she’ll have some time to actually prepare to run for public office, if she decides to continue this weird pursuit. ...

Caroline Kennedy withdraws??
Althouse — She could have had the job if she'd wanted it, but Teddy's health has turned her against it? That doesn't seem believable. ...

Amanda Carpenter: Goodbye, Caroline!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Two major New York papers say Caroline Kennedy is OUT of the running for senator although they differ on the reason why she's pulling out. The New York Times reports Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton vacated Senate seat over concern for Teddy Kennedy's health. Senator Kennedy was carried out of the Capitol on a stretcher yesterday at the inaugural luncheon because of a small seizure. He was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer. The New York Post, on the other hand, ...

Hillary Clinton Confirmed as Secretary of State
The Democratic Daily — The vote to confirm Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State was nearly unanimous today. Two “Republican senators—David Vitter of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of South Carolina—voted against her nomination while 94 senators voted in favor.” At one point during the debate over Clinton’s confirmation Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chariman, John Kerry spoke on the Senate floor calling for a “swift confirmation” of Clinton and the Washington Wire also notes that John McCain joined in and went to bat for Clinton, calling for her “quick confirmation as secretary of State without a lengthy ...

The next junior senator from New York will be... not Caroline Kennedy
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings It is being reported that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her name from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton as the junior senator from New York. She supposedly informed Governor David Paterson of her decision earlier today. As I wrote last month, I didn't think she was the right person for the job, and I objected to her ongoing efforts to be appointed. It's not that I don't like her -- I suppose she's a fine philanthropist and a decent enough person, not least if judged according to the dismal standards of the U.S. Senate -- it's that ...

You Can Keep Your Senate Seat
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel Nate Silver states the obvious: 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 save face by withdrawing her name from consideration. You know: the old "You Can't Fire Me! I Quit!" shtick. The second possibility, not entirely mutually exclusive with the first, is that Kennedy was just not all that into being a senator in the first place. ...

Caroline Kennedy Takes Name Out of Senate Bid
A Blog For All — Caroline Kennedy, who was spurred to throw her name into the ring to replace Hillary Clinton as Senator from New York because of the service of her uncle Ted and the Obama victory, has had a change of heart. She's taken her name out of the running . Ms. Kennedy on Wednesday called Gov. David A. Paterson, who will choose a successor to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, to inform him that she no longer wished to be considered. The person told of her decision said that Ms. Kennedy’s concerns about the health of her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who suffers from brain cancer ...

Carol Platt Liebau: More on Caroline
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... is closer to the truth than the one in The New York Times (big surprise, right?). Here's why: However fragile Teddy Kennedy's health, he is part of a family who values holding political office over almost everything else. It's impossible for me to believe that it would have been anything but a morale boost and (from Teddy's perspective) a blessing to know that (1) a Kennedy will remain in the Senate, as there has been since 1952, when Caroline's father was first elected and that (2) she would be occupying the seat once held by his brother, RFK. In fact, the ...

Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Name from Senate Consideration?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Via the NYT: Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Bid for Senate Seat - NYTimes.com Ms. Kennedy on Wednesday called Gov. David A. Paterson, who will choose a successor to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, to inform him that she was no longer interested in the post. The person told of her decision said that Ms. Kennedy’s concerns about the health of her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who suffers from brain cancer and was hospitalized after suffering a seizure Tuesday, prompted her to withdraw. I must ...

Kennedy Confirms She Will Not Seek Senate Seat
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — After a night of confusion, Caroline Kennedy released a statement confirming reports that she was no longer a contender for New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat. The New York Times notes the leak of her decision appeared to catch Gov. David Paterson off guard, "throwing the Paterson administration into confusion and setting off conflicting news media reports. After frantic talks between the governor's operation and Ms. Kennedy's camp Wednesday evening, Ms. Kennedy appeared to waver on whether to withdraw, and was preparing a statement reasserting her ...

If Not Caroline Kennedy, How About One of These Five?
Politics Daily — ... So Caroline Kennedy is out of the running for New York Senator, citing concerns about her ailing Uncle Ted. This makes perfect sense, for when a relative is ill, the last thing you'd want to do is spend 5 days a week in the very same room as him, plus have an office down the hall. No ma'am! ...

All Very Strange
Eschaton — I was about to comment on the fact that Caroline Kennedy was out, but that seems to maybe be in some dispute. Or not.

Kennedy Confirms She Will Not Seek Senate Seat
The Hollywood Liberal — ... After a night of confusion, Caroline Kennedy released a statement confirming reports that she was no longer a contender for New York’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. The New York Times notes the leak of her ...

Caroline Kennedy withdraws from consideration
Political Animal — ... Kennedy's drive to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate did not go smoothly. Her media interviews did not go well, her support from in-state political leaders was shaky, and Kennedy herself struggled at times to explain why she wanted the seat and what she'd do with it. Nevertheless, Kennedy was considered a leading candidate, if not the leading candidate, for the gig. It came as something of a surprise, then, after some overlapping and contradictory reports, that Caroline Kennedy withdrew her name from consideration last night. Ms. Kennedy on Wednesday called Gov. ...

Caroline Kennedy pulls out of consideration for Senate seat
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Last night, before I went to bed, there were conflicting reports over whether Caroline Kennedy had withdrawn her name from consideration for the New York Senate seat. (NY politics being as raucous as they are, one sometimes doesn't know about those early reports.) But, it's true, she's out: ...

ThinkFast: January 22, 2009
Think Progress — ... This morning, Caroline Kennedy released a statement reading, “I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate.” Paterson had planned to announce his Senate choice on Friday or Saturday, but it’s not clear if the timeline has now changed. ...

The Early Word: Promises to Keep
The Caucus — ... , was confirmed yesterday. N.Y. Senate Caroline Kennedy took her name out of contention for the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Times’s Nicholas Confessore and Danny Hakim report on Ms. Kennedy’s explanation for the sudden move: “I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Ms. Kennedy said in a statement released by her public relations firm. Ms. Kennedy did not elaborate, but a person who spoke to her suggested that her concerns about the health ...

A Third Explanation For Kennedy Withdrawal
News — ... said that Kennedy pulled her bid because of a personal reasons unrelated to the health of her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who is fighting brain cancer. The Daily News report relied on an unnamed aide to Caroline Kennedy. The New York Times had reported that she was withdrawing because of Sen. Kennedy's health, while the ...

1/22: Caroline Bows Out
Blogometer — January 22, 2009 1/22: Caroline Bows Out The netroots welcomed Caroline Kennedy 's decision to withdraw her name from consideration for Sec/State Hillary Clinton 's old Senate seat. Their reaction was not surprising, since leading liberal bloggers have ...

The real qualifications for a Senator from New York
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The New York Times reports on the biggest issue in Governor David Paterson’s mind as he searches for a replacement for Hillary Clinton in the US Senate.  Is it electoral experience, fiscal management, or foreign-policy work that Paterson sees as essential to Hillary’s successor?  In fact, as it turns out, Caroline Kennedy was supremely qualified to meet Paterson’s exacting standards.  Emphasis mine, at least in the quote: Ms. Kennedy’s departure would reset the political calculus among the remaining contenders, about half a dozen of whom were ...

Hey, Markos, Cue the Suicide Watch…
Firedoglake — ... It's might be due to concern over the deteriorating health of her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy, who suffered a seizure yesterday during a lunch to celebrate President Obama's inauguration. ...

1/23: This Wasn't What We Had In Mind...
Blogometer — ... her ultimate decision to bow out, the netroots are now voicing concerns about Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand , whom NY Gov. David Paterson just ...

The End Of A Patriarchy?
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... searched for the bright young descendant who would "take over for him." The generation after Joe, Jack, Bobby, and Ted, however, has provided fewer obvious choices for succession; the Kennedy child most present in public life was Eunice's daughter Maria, and she was already engaged as first lady of California. And so it was with both bafflement and hope that we watched Caroline Kennedy attempt to continue her family's tradition of public service. Though the cringe-worthy announcement of her campaign withdrawal was inevitable, no one could deny that her instinct to carry on the ...