MSNBC: Caroline Kennedy has not withdrawn....updated link

[maddezmom]

Source: MSNBC

NYT: Caroline Kennedy to withdraw Senate bid
But sources tell NBC News that there may been a miscommunication

ALBANY, New York - Caroline Kennedy planned to withdraw from consideration for the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reported Wednesday. NBC News has not verified the report.

Earlier this week, Gov. David Paterson acknowledged he was considering Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for appointment to the seat. The Times cited as its source a person told of her decision.

However, A Kennedy family source told NBC's David Gregory that Caroline Kennedy has not withdrawn. Two sources hinted to NBC News that there may have been a miscommunication between Kennedy and Gov. David Paterson's office and that initial reports of her withdrawing are incorrect.

The Times reported that she called Paterson to express concerns about the health of her uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was hospitalized Tuesday after a seizure during the inaugural luncheon. She said his health concerns were her top priority. A statement from Kennedy could come as early as Wednesday evening, the Times reported.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780112

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KO said they have a family source that says Caroline Kennedy has not dropped out and it must've been a misunderstanding with Gov. Patterson's office. Still looking for a link.

Link to KO's segment:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/28781223#2878122...

[onehandle]

1. Beat me by half a second.

LOL. I love me some Keith and maddezmom!

[maddezmom]

14. lol

Rachel is doing a segment next re: Caroline Kennedy conflicting reports of her stepping down.

[kpete]

2. CAROLINE KENNEDY NOT OUT OF RACE

Source: MSNBC

just now from Keith
no link yet

No link yet.

[bluestateguy]

3. Thank you for this unneeded soap opera Governor Patterson

Make up your goddamn mind!

[freemarketer6]

27. Do you think this may have been some kind of a trick to give

the appearance of her withdrawing to facilitate Patterson's picking another? Sorry, for the strange first post here.

[aquart]

4. My mom just called to tell me. So I ask, WTF? Who said she was?

[IndianaGreen]

9. Probably a Cuomo booster

It was Cuomo backers that spread the story she wasn't qualified.

[NashVegas]

15. Don't Discount Maloney

She's lobbying her ass off in Albany and with the press.

[panader0]

23. Oh noes! I like Crisco..........

[NashVegas]

24. Aw, Thanks

But people who weren't here when the Ashcroft stories were circulating think it's about the cooking product ...

[panader0]

25. You mean it's not? I guess I got you figured all wrong.

[NashVegas]

26. Here

http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id755/pg1/...

[stillcool]

5. ah the theater...

this has great potential for a real blockbuster.

[bottomtheweaver]

6. Thanks kpete.

I so hope this is true and I also hope Paterson quits playing games, though I have no doubt he has his reasons.

[bottomtheweaver]

7. Please Dave, just do this already.

No I don't live in NY but I think having Caroline in the Senate would greatl benefit the whole country.

[bemildred]

8. LOL.

[maddezmom]

10. here's something to read while munching...it's my hometown paper.

Capitol confidential
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Seven Questions We Hope to Have Answers for Soon
January 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm by Casey Seiler
1. First off, is Caroline Kennedy actually out? The Times story (by stalwart Albany correspondents Nick Confessore and Danny Hakim) is credited to “a person told of her decision.” But both the governor’s office and the Kennedy PR machine appear to be caught flat-footed.

2. Didn’t she tell the clan first? The Daily News is reporting that Kerry Kennedy, Caroline’s cousin, spoke with the governor and Kennedy’s ostensible spokesman, Josh Isay, who claimed they didn’t know anything about a pullout.

3. Did she jump or did she jump before she was pushed? The Times story states that “Ms. Kennedy believed that the job was hers if she would accept it” (the phrasing of that sentence changed from the initial posting to put the burden of that belief on Kennedy, as opposed to stating the govenor’s offer as a flat fact) but the New York Post (in a story sourced to “the Post has learned”) says Kennedy took a powder “after learning that Gov. David Paterson wasn’t going to choose her.”

4. How much did her uncle play into this decision? While Ted Kennedy’s illness is tragic, it’s been something the family and the nation has known about in pretty complete detail since long before Kennedy announced her interest in Clinton’s seat. None but the most optimistic souls thought that his decline was reversible.

more:http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/10778/seve...

[bemildred]

11. LOL. LOL.

Stay tuned, who will get voted off of the island today?

[Catchawave]

12. How is this on LBN w/o a confirmation link...

Godspeed Caroline, whatever's going through your head now But the other liberal blogs are celebrating tonight in favor of a better Paterson choice....if this is a leak, it's certainly not working in Ms.K's favor.

[maddezmom]

18. there is a link now. Still looks like a lot of confusion over what exactly happened.

Hopefully Caroline Kennedy will put out a statement tonight along with Patterson's office to clear it up.

[PatrynXX]

13. only msnbc seems to be reporting that caroline is not dropping out

should make it an interesting night.

[bottomtheweaver]

16. Paterson is apparently planning on dragging this out until Saturday.

I forget where I saw that today, but I think it was a print source, not a blog. This is idiotic IMHO. What the hell is he doing it for?

[Rockholm]

29. Patterson is going to name...HIMSELF.

I can see it now.

[Catchawave]

17. NYT link....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/nyregion/22caroline.h...

[maddezmom]

19. New MSNBC link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780112

[maddezmom]

20. the latest from CNN

Sources told CNN that, as of about 8 p.m. Wednesday, she had not yet informed New York Gov. David Paterson of her decision. And as the evening wore on, confusion still surrounded the situation -- sources telling CNN they were unsure of exactly where the decision stood.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/caroline.kennedy...

[Belial]

22. Well she is quite the linguist and a master of the english language

so I can see where the miscommunication may have occurred.. LOL

[mdmc]

21. well played

good politics//

[maddezmom]

28. Latest from AP: Source tells AP: Kennedy still wants Senate seat

tells AP: Kennedy still wants Senate seat
By MICHAEL GORMLEY – 19 minutes ago

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with Caroline Kennedy's decision says she has renewed her determination to win appointment to the U.S. Senate seat once held by her slain uncle, Sen. Bobby Kennedy.

The source says that after her surviving uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, suffered a seizure on Inauguration Day, Caroline Kennedy had misgivings about taking on the new job.

The source spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak for Kennedy. Earlier in the day, The New York Times and New York Post reported that Kennedy had ended her monthlong bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was confirmed as secretary of state.

more:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1Ip3...

[pjt7]

30. Caroline Maloney is the real

deal & would be great for the people of NY.

[maddezmom]

31. updated link here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...