Clinton Senate

Gillibrand, Sitting in my Den

Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


Claudia Ricci

Less than three years ago, on a winter Sunday afternoon, Kirsten Gillibrand sat in the den of my 1850s farmhouse in upstate New York, contemplating her very first run for office.

Sam Stein

Dems Consider Kennedy's Rough Road A Blessing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


There are interesting, dueling dynamics emerging in the pseudo campaign of Caroline Kennedy to take over New York's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. As...

Sam Stein

Kennedy Reaches Out To Clinton Directly

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Caroline Kennedy has called Hillary Clinton to discuss her interest in the New York Senator's seat, a source close to Clinton tells the Huffington Pos...

Sam Stein

Clinton Senate Seat Timing Could Have Historic Implications

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


With Hillary Clinton headed for the State Department, the question now on everyone's mind is whom Gov. David Paterson will appoint to replace her. Na...

Clinton's Senate Seat: Who Will Replace Her?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


***Update 12/2, 12:10 AM*** The New York Times reports today that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the governor to take his name out of the running f...

Hillary Asks To Keep Donor Money For 2012

The Observer | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton's campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton's 2008 general election coffers...

Hillary Clinton: To The Loser Goes The Spoils

Washington Post | Dana Milbank | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton was taking the elevator up to her Senate office yesterday for the first time since she lost the Democratic presidential nomination whe...

Hillary Taking Month-Long Break From Senate

The Hill | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is taking a month off from Congress to recuperate after her marathon run for the presidency. She is not expected...

Clinton Could Face Uneasy Return To The Senate

New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics


When Hillary Rodham Clinton made a rare stop in the Senate last week, she spoke from a lonely outpost at the end of the Armed Services Committee dais,...

Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


After weeks of arduous negotiations, on April 6, 2006, a bipartisan group of senators burst out of the "President's Room," just off the Senate chamber...