Victoria Kennedy After Ted Kennedy's Death: Health Care Reform & White House Job Offers

The Boston Globe:

The Obama administration, grateful for Ted Kennedy's help in pushing the health care law on Capitol Hill and cognizant of [Victoria Reggie Kennedy's] political skills, tried to get her to come work for it. David Axelrod, a senior adviser to the president, says that officials approached Kennedy about doing various jobs in the administration, including working on the national service program her husband coauthored. He repeats the offer. "We're eager to employ her talents any time she's ready and willing. There's a standing interest on our part."

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Comments

[Sean 6399]

06:30 AM on 08/17/2010

The white house will be offering advisory positions to Angelina Jolie and Carrot Top next.

[alnc]

11:45 PM on 08/16/2010

What a wonderful woman!!!

Awesome!!!

[DUSAA-1775]

09:17 PM on 08/16/2010

did i say that i am tired?

[DUSAA-1775]

09:16 PM on 08/16/2010

I am tiered however i did read though the article twice.... but still do not read what post she is being considered for.

[Marrymeplease]

04:46 PM on 08/16/2010

I believe if she had run for her late husband Senate seat, we would have still had a Senator Kennedy in the Senate.

[GTWiecz]

02:11 PM on 08/16/2010

Victoria was married to Grier Raclin, a lawyer in DC who in 1989 had an affair with a secretary from his law firm. So typical. The secretary's husband found out about this affair and called Victoria, who reacted with a lot of class. They divorced soon after. This was an independant and successful woman who would not put up with infidelity. I bet her ex-husband regrets to this day losing a smart and classy woman like her just for a piece of uneducated a...a relationship that did not last anyway.

Also interesting that Victoria married another man who had had his share of infidelities, from a notoriously scandalous family but ended up having a great and stable marriage with him. I guess she can thank her first husband for having had so many great years with Ted and for now belonging to a very high political sphere. Ah, the ironies of life..

[Jay Jefferson]

12:08 PM on 08/16/2010

For all these reasons, next year's tax bill should reduce personal as well as corporate income taxes: for those in the lower brackets, who are certain to spend their additional take-home pay, and for those in the middle and upper brackets, who can thereby be encouraged to undertake additional efforts and enabled to invest more capital.

From an address to the Economic Club of New York, delivered 14 December 1962, by JFK...At a time when we could still support democrats running for office.

[Bon1042]

12:07 AM on 08/17/2010

Jay, it was a different world in 1962. Corporations paid plenty of taxes, as well they should, don't forget JFK called the heads of U.S. Steel SOB's for renigging on agreeing not to (I forgot exactly what it was) but it had to raising or not raising something. It is disingenuous at the least and dishonest at worst to see Republicans take on JFK's mantle and quote him saying.... "A rising tide lifts all boats." In honest Capitalism that is the trickle down "urinal theory" working. BUT...

We only had Social Security and unemployment taxes. JFK wanted Medicare but we got it in 1965 (I've been on it for little over a year); we didn't have the welfare system for people, disability insurance as we now have it and on and on.

BUT ! Most important !! The U.S. Congress had not yet given the fabric of our income/wealth over to corporate America. That started in the mid '70's. The info is in many sources. But I have a dual bio of the Clintons called Partners in Power by Roger Morris which partly uses the context of the massive changes in our economic/wealth from '70's on in several chapters that give lucid picture of the huge tax breaks, subsidies and loop holes in the tax system that has drained the coffers of our society to the point where we are now.

[richdoll]

11:22 AM on 08/16/2010

whoever they pick to run against scott brown will be a winner

[Catch 22]

09:04 AM on 08/16/2010

This woman is a qualified attorney. Besides anyone who can keep Ted Kennedy on the straight and narrow, has my vote.

[sufi66]

08:39 AM on 08/16/2010

If she wasn't a Kennedy, she wouldn't be considered for anything.

Same for Dole, Paul, Bush, Cuomo, Clinton et. al.

This dynasty business is not helping the country. We need new people with new ideas.

[Giglawyer]

10:15 AM on 08/16/2010

Absolutely. If she is qualified, let her run for office.

[Beau2]

07:44 AM on 08/16/2010

It would appear that this administration is so desparate to stop its ratings slide that they are trying to recruit old school political names.

They ought to try real leadership and see what happens. I think that they would be pleased.

[sufi66]

08:41 AM on 08/16/2010

Obama is a conventional politician. Like Carter and Clinton, he's a conservative Democrat, not a reformer. He fooled a lot of people.

[springsm]

05:43 AM on 08/16/2010

I don't know why a classy nice woman like this would ever want to enter into the mire that is now congress. I like this person and respect her...all from a far of course, but she is full of grace and class.

[FatFeline]

03:28 AM on 08/16/2010

Yet another tax payer job offered to someone by the WH to keep them out a local race.

[vgirl1]

07:02 AM on 08/16/2010

Of course her credentials could have nothing to do with it.

Why would anyone want to so marginalize this woman?

Besides, the logic makes no sense. Any Democrat would love for this woman to run for office from MA.

[Giglawyer]

10:17 AM on 08/16/2010

People aren't marginalizing her because she is a woman. People are marginalizing her because it is her name, not her qualifications, that brings the job offers. Any Democrat would love for her to run for office in Massachusetts BECAUSE HER LAST NAME IS KENNEDY.

[flerlerp]

03:16 AM on 08/16/2010

hey. Kennedy = God in the US of A. Do Not Forget That.

[vgirl1]

07:03 AM on 08/16/2010

Beats the Bushee dynasty and legacy any day.

[Giglawyer]

10:18 AM on 08/16/2010

There isn't any good dynasty in the USA.

[Truthandreason]

01:13 AM on 08/16/2010

Oh great.
Another Kennedy on the dole telling us what to do.

[springsm]

05:44 AM on 08/16/2010

my gawd...you are one sick person. Truthandreason is a misnomer...and she basically is not a Kennedy so get off of that rant.

[Giglawyer]

10:23 AM on 08/16/2010

How is she not a Kennedy? Do you think for a minute that when she runs for office against Scott Brown, which will happen, she isn't going to wrap herself up in her Kennedy-esque imagery? Pictures of her and Teddy sailing...Camelot here we come...what a load of manure.