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liskddksil

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:20 PM
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AP Says Kennedy is Still in It

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.

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

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- I wonder if the NYP's "sources" were Cuomo operatives?	PBS Poll-435	Jan-21-09 10:22 PM	#1
- or Murdach up to his usual tricks	liskddksil	Jan-21-09 10:22 PM	#2
- Wow, is someone trying to bring her down?	Drunken Irishman	Jan-21-09 10:25 PM	#3
- Either way, he should just appoint someone TOMORROW	BrentTaylor	Jan-21-09 10:25 PM	#4
- Oh the drama! Hurry up and make a pick, Governor!	MetricSystem	Jan-21-09 10:26 PM	#5
- Seems she can't , you know, make up her mind whether she wants it or not.	PaulHo	Jan-21-09 10:28 PM	#6
- Yep...major confusion, fuelled by her decision not to clear things up	BeyondGeography	Jan-21-09 10:31 PM	#7
- I'll take a wild guess that Paterson communicated to her...	PaulHo	Jan-21-09 10:43 PM	#10
- At first I thought she was being a team player	BeyondGeography	Jan-21-09 10:52 PM	#11
- Oh come on - this is getting silly. Patterson just needs to pick someone already.	Kittycat	Jan-21-09 10:32 PM	#8
- Caroline should run. She will make a good NY Senator	bambino	Jan-21-09 10:35 PM	#9

PBS Poll-435

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:22 PM
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1. I wonder if the NYP's "sources" were Cuomo operatives?

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liskddksil

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:22 PM
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2. or Murdach up to his usual tricks

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Drunken Irishman

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:25 PM
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3. Wow, is someone trying to bring her down?

Edited on Wed Jan-21-09 10:27 PM by Drunken Irishman

Leak that she pulled her hat out of the ring, only to have it not be true could be damaging to her.

I hope they find out who did this!

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Thrill

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:25 PM
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4. Either way, he should just appoint someone TOMORROW

What sense does it make to let her twist in the wind, if he's not going to pick her. And its time to get this done. Hillary is the Sec of State. NY needs another Senator

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Metric System

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:26 PM
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5. Oh the drama! Hurry up and make a pick, Governor!

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Smarmie Doofus

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:28 PM
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6. Seems she can't , you know, make up her mind whether she wants it or not.

>>>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.>>>>

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BeyondGeography

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:31 PM
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7. Yep...major confusion, fuelled by her decision not to clear things up

Edited on Wed Jan-21-09 10:35 PM by BeyondGeography

Meantime, NYT.com is still running her withdrawal as the lead story and many here are blaming the whole thing on Paterson and the Post. :crazy:

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Smarmie Doofus

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:43 PM
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10. I'll take a wild guess that Paterson communicated to her...

... that he was picking someone else and her PR people ( i.e. Mayor Bloomerang's pr people) thought it would look better ( for all concerned) if she 'reconsidered' rather than got passed over.

Just a hunch. We shall see. There's always lots of work not to do at the Dept. of Ed.

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BeyondGeography

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:52 PM
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11. At first I thought she was being a team player

sparing Paterson the fallout from not choosing her in return for some consideration elsewhere. But her camp's subsequent denials have blown that utopian vision out of the sky. Silly me.

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Kittycat

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:32 PM
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8. Oh come on - this is getting silly. Patterson just needs to pick someone already.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Wed Jan-21-09 10:35 PM
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9. Caroline should run. She will make a good NY Senator

can she work with Chuck?

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