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politico.com - 12/20/2008
Nepotism NY style as clans vie for Clinton Senate seat
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The appointment of the New York Senate seat has become a struggle among political dynasties, with the question being which family ends up on top.

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Althouse:  The dynastic struggle.

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The dynastic struggle.
Althouse — Ooh, this is just so frustrating for Andrew Cuomo. From 1990 to 2003, Cuomo the Younger was married, Montague-and-Capulet style, to Robert F. Kennedy's daughter Kerry-and was close friends with Caroline's brother John Jr., from 1988 to his 1999 death. The marriage ended in a bitter divorce after Cuomo reportedly discovered his wife had an affair with a polo player.... "Incestuous, intermarrying with one another to take over the crown and consolidate power," is how one Nassau pol described the Kennedy-Cuomo relationship....I ...

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