[Rhodes22-list] Political- Caroline To Seek NY Senatorial Seat

[Ben Cittadino]

It's called IRONY Herb. Look it up.

Ben C.




hparsons wrote:
> 
> I was being serious. I had no idea where she lived, but assumed it was 
> in Mass.
> 
> BTW, doesn't your last comment show "just more of the same class and 
> dignity we've come to expect" from you? Or do statements like that 
> really only apply to "the other side"?
> 
> I'm serious about that last question. Why is it when Bill uses an 
> obvious play on words like that, it's worthy of your scorn, but then you 
> do it right back yourself?
> 
> 
> 
> Ben Cittadino wrote:
>> She lives on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. Has for years, so that won't
>> be
>> an issue.
>>
>> That is, if you were being serious. If you weren't, then Fuqua.
>>
>> Ben C.
>>
>> hparsons wrote:
>>   
>>> Is Caroline Kennedy a resident of the State of New York, or does that 
>>> simply not matter any more?
>>>
>>> Ben Cittadino wrote:
>>>     
>>>> December 16, 2008    New York Times
>>>> Caroline Kennedy to Seek Clinton’s Senate Seat 
>>>> By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
>>>> Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an American political dynasty, has
>>>> decided
>>>> to pursue the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator
>>>> Hillary
>>>> Rodham Clinton of New York.The decision came after a series of deeply
>>>> personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, whom
>>>> friends
>>>> describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up
>>>> what
>>>> has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight. 
>>>>
>>>> Kennedy made calls on Monday morning to alert political figures to her
>>>> interest.
>>>>
>>>> Gov. David A. Paterson of New York confirmed that she was interested in
>>>> being appointed. 
>>>>
>>>> “She told me she was interested in the position,” Mr. Paterson said at
>>>> a
>>>> news conference. “She realized it wasnot a campaign, but she was
>>>> talking
>>>> to
>>>> other people because shethought that a number of people, she felt,
>>>> should
>>>> know that she’sinterested in the position. She’d like at some point to
>>>> sit
>>>> down andtell me what she thinks her qualifications are.”
>>>>
>>>> Senator Charles Schumer said that he had also spoken to Ms. Kennedy and
>>>> that
>>>> said she was “clearly interested.” “Bottom line isthat the Governor and
>>>> I
>>>> talk regularly on this,” he said in a television interview, “but we
>>>> have
>>>> decided to keepeach other’s counsel, so that is all I am going to say
>>>> right
>>>> now.”
>>>>
>>>> If appointed, Ms. Kennedy would fill the seat once held by her uncle,
>>>> Robert
>>>> F. Kennedy.
>>>>
>>>> Ms. Kennedy’s decision is likely to have a major impact on the
>>>> governor’s
>>>> considerations as he mulls who should succeed Mrs. Clinton. Already,
>>>> some
>>>> other Democrats have pointedly questioned her credentials for the job.
>>>> United States Representative Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, said
>>>> last
>>>> week that he did not know what Ms. Kennedy’s qualifications were,
>>>> “except
>>>> that she has name recognition — but so does J. Lo.”
>>>>
>>>> Others, including Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have praised her
>>>> abilities.
>>>>
>>>> Ms. Kennedy first telephoned the governor on Dec. 3 to inquire about
>>>> the
>>>> job, but Mr. Paterson described that conversation as “informational”
>>>> and
>>>> said it was clear that Ms. Kennedy had not decided whether she wanted
>>>> to
>>>> pursue the position.
>>>>
>>>> But since then, she has begun reaching out to key political figures in
>>>> New
>>>> York, including Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, and
>>>> Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller. She has also hired
>>>> Knickerbocker
>>>> SKD, a prominent political consulting firm headed by Josh Isay, a
>>>> former
>>>> chief of staff to Senator Charles E. Schumer, to advise her.
>>>>
>>>> Ms. Kennedy’s family members, especially her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy
>>>> Jr.,
>>>> have urged her to seek the post.
>>>>
>>>> Mrs. Clinton has said that she would not vacate the Senate seat until
>>>> she
>>>> was confirmed as President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state,
>>>> which
>>>> is
>>>> expected to occur in January or February, and the governor has said
>>>> that
>>>> he
>>>> would wait until then to make the appointment. But he has also said
>>>> that
>>>> he
>>>> might make his selection known before then, to allow whomever is chosen
>>>> to
>>>> prepare for the new role.
>>>>
>>>> Ms. Kennedy, 51, a resident of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, took an
>>>> unusually public role in Mr. Obama’s campaign, and the two became
>>>> friends.
>>>> Mr. Obama appointed Ms. Kennedy to the panel that vetted potential
>>>> vice-presidential candidates for him. 
>>>>
>>>> Before that, Ms. Kennedy had devoted much of her time to charitable
>>>> works
>>>> and institutions linked to her family, like the John F. Kennedy Library
>>>> Foundation, of which she is president.
>>>>
>>>> Others likely to be considered for the Senate seat are members of
>>>> Congress
>>>> including Kirsten Gillibrand, a rising star in the Democratic party who
>>>> represents an upstate district; Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County
>>>> chief
>>>> executive and a former candidate for governor; and the New York State
>>>> attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think this is just an outstanding idea. Brad? Others?
>>>>
>>>> Ben C.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
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>>> Herb Parsons
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