nydailynews.com - 12/17/2008
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After spending 20 minutes in a closed-door meeting with Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll, Caroline Kennedy emerged and read a brief statement - her first in-person acknowledgement of her interest in Hillary Clinton's US Senate seat - but took no questions from the media the DN's Glenn Blain reports ...
democratandchronicle.com - 12/18/2008
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democratandchronicle.com —
In her first visit to Rochester, U.S. Senate
hopeful Caroline Kennedy met Wednesday with Mayor Robert Duffy...
and Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, asking questions about upstate but not asking for an endorsement. Kennedy began the day in Syracuse, ...
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Kennedy visits Rochester as part of effort to learn ...
nydailynews.com - 12/17/2008
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nydailynews.com —
Caroline Kennedy's stop in Rochester was slightly less
scripted than her appearance earlier today in Syracuse, which...
Times scribes Nick Confessore and Jeremy Peters described as so controlled it was "reminiscent of the vice-president hopeful Sarah ...
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Princess Caroline Speaks About Her Interest in Senate Seat
Weekly Standard Blog —
... She was in a meeting with Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll today, reportedly touting her experience and listening to ways in which Washington can help the state of New York. As she left, she read her first public statement about the seat, but took no questions from the press, demonstrating the same powerful combination of presumption and friendly dismissiveness that has served Team Obama so well: ...
NY Senate Appointment: “I Don’t Do Utica”
The Moderate Voice —
... How does this affect Caroline Kennedy? There are plenty of pundits wondering whether she has taken a trip anywhere outside of New York City in the last two decades that didn’t involve a private jet. Her current Upstate tour, covering Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester, is raising eyebrows all across the state. Her absolute refusal to take any questions and engage the press is doing her no favors, and she’s only meeting with Democratic party leaders. This morning, Joe Scarborough was playing clips of Ms. Kennedy brushing off the media at every stop and described her as ...
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