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Our Own Sarah Palin

Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

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The old New Yorker in me believes Gillibrand would best serve the people by shooting Canadian geese over airports rather than repairing our Bush-broken nation.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Paterson, Kennedy Senate Drama

New York Magazine | Chris Smith | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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In which the most private of persons decides to go public, only to learn that mother always knows best. ...

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New York's Next Senator: Opposed to the Obama Agenda

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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The Gillibrand simple-minded devotion to balancing the federal budget above all else means that she must oppose everything on the Obama agenda.

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I Ran for Office with Kirsten Gillibrand

Brian Keeler | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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I applaud the Governor's choice, and I think as you get to know Senator Gillibrand, you will come to admire and support her as I have.

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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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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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Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy Aren't Victims of Glass Ceilings, There is Something Wrong with the Floor.

Etan Bednarsh | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Both Palin and Kennedy were obviously unprepared for the offices each sought. Had a ceiling not stopped them, we would have more serious social issues to deal with.

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Gillibrand, Sitting in my Den

Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Kennedy Found Out that Politics is for Politicians

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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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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Clinton Senate Seat: New York Republicans Want To Force Vote

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans in New York's Legislature are pushing for a special election to fill the expected vacancy in the U.S. Senate instead ...

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Blagojevich 2.0

Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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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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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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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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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Cuomo Aide Is Said to Try to Slow Kennedy Bid

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 02.07.2009 | Home

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Even as Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo insisted he was staying out of the competition for New York's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, a top Cuomo aide...

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New Yorkers Saying No to Aristocracy As Sole Qualifier In a Democracy

David Sirota | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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The forces of money and power in New York are trying to replicate what their counterparts engineered here in Colorado.

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Caroline Kennedy: Don't Tear Down That Wall

Howard Bragman | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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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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NY Times: Caroline Kennedy Less Of A Candidate Than An Idea Of One

New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

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After weeks of criticism that she had not opened up to the public or the press, Ms. Kennedy has embarked on a series of interviews. But in an extensiv...

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Send Caroline Kennedy to Court of St. James

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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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 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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My Virtual Gift List for This Holiday Season

Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Now that you can give crap to people without actually having to give them anything in reality, here is my virtual gift list for this holiday season.

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The Populist Case for Caroline Kennedy

Al Giordano | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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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

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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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 is the New Fifty

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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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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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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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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