Posted by Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of a former president who whipped up excitement and controversy during her campaign for the New York Senate seat, withdrew from consideration Wednesday night, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The reason for Ms. Kennedy’s decision wasn’t creasons, lear. The New York Times cited an unidentified person who said she did so because of her uncle’s health. Sen. Edward Kennedy, of Massachusetts, who has a brain tumor, collapsed at an inaugural lunch Tuesday for President Barack Obama. The New York Post, citing its own contacts, said Ms. Kennedy had made her decision after learning she wasn’t to be the choice.
Neither Ms. Kennedy nor her spokesman could be reached for comment. An aide to Gov. Paterson said the governor had no comment at press time.
The sudden reversal throws open the race for the seat. Gov. Paterson had acknowledged as recently as Tuesday that he was considering New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to succeed Hillary Clinton, who resigned from the Senate Wednesday after taking the cabinet post of secretary of state. Another candidate, Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, is also believed to have emerged as a darkhorse choice for the appointment. To be sure, Mr. Paterson could also choose others.
Ms. Kennedy’s decision is a deflating ending to her courting of the position after having spent much of her life in carefully guarded privacy. While she has said Mr. Obama’s political emergence had awakened her desire to serve — she likened him in some ways to her father — she also didn’t have much traditional political or any legislative experience to prepare her for the job.
Rep. Gillibrand, 42, of Hudson, N.Y., was a securities attorney before she won her seat in 2006. She possesses several of the characteristics that would aid Gov. Paterson’s Democratic team: she’s a woman who has won well in Republican suburban upstate counties; she has a finance background and has devoted attention to aiding dairy farming families that have been forced to close their operations. A spokesperson for Rep. Gillibrand declined to comment.
Source: Wall Street Journal
well mr. paterson. I guess no one question if you could do the job as governor. I suppose only you have the capabilities of learning on the job. wake up! any body can do anything, all they need is a chance and patience. look at whose president of the USA. I’m sure mrs kennedy is not a moron and will have Hillary as a contact person if she need advice; or better yet, the President. you should not have dragged the contest this long, it shows poor judgment and that you are maybe looking for someone that doesn’t exist.