thewashingtonnote.com - 1/24/2009
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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, daughter of America's most iconic modern ...
nypost.com - 1/24/2009
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Gov. Paterson rapped Caroline Kennedy at a private
event the night before he tapped Kirsten Gillibrand for...
the Senate, telling guests Kennedy had been "nasty" to him and shown "disrespect" with how she bowed out, attendees told The Post. The...
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GOV SAYS CAROLINE TURNED 'NASTY'
nydailynews.com - 1/24/2009
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nydailynews.com —
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF Updated Saturday, January
24th 2009, 5:35 AM ALBANY - She lost him...
at "hello." Gov. Paterson was completely underwhelmed with Caroline Kennedy from their first conversation about Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, a source ...
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Source: Gov. Paterson was underwhelmed with Caroline ...
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Courtesy of Steve Clemons: The game plan -- whether real or fantasy -- is intriguing. It goes something like this. Caroline Kennedy would be appointed now to the Senate. She would perform well above the very low expectations many had for her and win handily the seat in the 2010 mid-term race in which that Senate seat needs to be contested again. She would then be in place until 2016. [Steve is inaccurate here as the NY Senate seat will be contested again in 2012.] Ted Kennedy's view "may be" that Caroline would instantly out-shine Hillary Clinton in the ...
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