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Caroline Kennedy Leaks May Be Probed By New York Ethics Panel

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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ALBANY -- The state's top ethics panel is reviewing a request from three government watchdog groups to investigate the Paterson administration's leaks...

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Now We'll Know if Caroline Kennedy Is Serious About Serving

James Boyce | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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James Boyce

A free ticket to the U.S. Senate should be given only to someone who is willing to earn it under a different circumstance, and I assure you, Senator Gillibrand is that sort of person.

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Caroline, We Hardly Knew Ye

Denis Campbell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Denis Campbell

We are the poorer for Kennedy's decision, and I wonder how many worthy public servants never consider running because of this environment where every minor gaffe is exploited.

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Caroline Kennedy Withdrawal: Not Good For Women in Politics

Julie Menin | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Julie Menin

The idea that Kennedy's change of heart is somehow linked to feminine qualities is exactly the type of sexism that has been pervasive in how women candidates are viewed.

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Kennedy Found Out that Politics is for Politicians

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A bruised Kennedy did the right thing, the only thing that she could do when her head bumped against the realities of political life, she dropped out before she was dumped.

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Why Did Caroline Kennedy Drop Out?

Diane Ravitch | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Diane Ravitch

My hunch is that six weeks of intense media scrutiny was more than Caroline could stomach. People lined up to see her and to touch her. Coverage was always deferential.

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Blagojevich 2.0

Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Lloyd Garver

What Blagojevich did is so shocking that it could make "Lincoln turn over in his grave." But Caroline getting the seat because of her zillion-dollar fund raising ability wouldn't do the same?

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She's No Kennedy

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Michael Wolff

Caroline Kennedy is a woman. Some of the most oppressed people on earth are women named Kennedy. Ergo, appointing Caroline to the US Senate is striking a blow for women and humankind.

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Paterson's Secretive Senate Selection Process May Violate State Law

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson's secretive process to select Hillary Rodham Clinton's successor in the U.S. Senate conflicts with his campai...

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Regulator: Gov.'s Senate process may break NY law

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson's secretive process to select Hillary Rodham Clinton's successor in the U.S. Senate conflicts with his campai...

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Martin Nolan

The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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Paterson: Kennedy's Inexperience "Does Not Help Her"

CNN | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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New York Gov. David Paterson says Caroline Kennedy's lack of elected office experience "does not help her" in her drive to fill the senate seat being ...

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Caroline Kennedy: Don't Tear Down That Wall

Howard Bragman | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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Howard Bragman

I don't like to be too simplistic but you either love life in the public eye or you don't. I don't believe Caroline Kennedy loves it.

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On the Appointment of Caroline Kennedy, or Any Other Non-Elected Individual to Fill the New York Senate Vacancy

Michael Vazquez | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Michael Vazquez

Barack Obama's campaign, in its mastery of the myriad intricacies of our electoral process, created a strategy which has helped us rediscover and reexamine democracy in America.

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Kennedy To NYT Interviewers: You Should Write For "A Woman's Magazine"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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Nicholas Confessore and David Halbfinger interviewed Caroline Kennedy for the New York Times this weekend and concluded that she is "less of a candida...

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Send Caroline Kennedy to Court of St. James

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Obama should stop this torment that is being prepared for Kennedy by offering her the Court of St. James, the U.S. Ambassadorship to Great Britain.

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Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Senate Seat Bid

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Check back for updates UPDATE - 1/22 6:00PM: The New York Post now adds a few more elements to the confusion surrounding Caroline Kennedy's exit, re...

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Caroline Kennedy Senate Bid: Resistance Grows Among Democrats

New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Resistance is emerging among Democratic officials against Caroline Kennedy as she pursues Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat in the United States Senate, w...

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The Populist Case for Caroline Kennedy

Al Giordano | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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Al Giordano

Caroline Kennedy's open support for marriage rights for gays and lesbians in an era when top liberal Democrats can't bring themselves to support it offers the best antidote to the Rick Warren blues yet.

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7 Days: Green Jobs, Caroline Kennedy and Rick Warren

Mark Green | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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Mark Green

Is Obama's choice of Rick Warren another example of the president-elect giving conservatives the visual while later giving progressives the policy?

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Caroline Kennedy and the U.S. Senate

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

The notion that it would somehow be unfair to appoint Kennedy because she has not toiled in the House of Representatives for a decade should not be one that ordinary voters take seriously.

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Caroline Kennedy's Spotty Voting History

New York Post | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Caroline Kennedy, the former first daughter who is making her case to get tapped for outgoing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat, didn't cast a ballot...

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Caroline Kennedy is the New Fifty

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Suzanne Braun Levine

Women in their fifties and sixties -- what I call our Second Adulthood -- are a new breed, liberated by better health, greater longevity, experience in the larger world, and self-confidence that is increasing every day.

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The Political Growth and Power of Caroline Kennedy

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Madeleine M. Kunin

It's possible that I am being too sensitive about gender bias, but is the "experience" question raised more frequently for women than it is for men?

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Is Caroline Kennedy our Sarah Palin?

Chris Kelly | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Chris Kelly

One of them has a law degree from Columbia and has co-written two critically acclaimed books about the Bill of Rights. The other has a journalism degree from college in general and had a memorable conversation with Katie Couric.

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