Caroline Kennedy Hits Some Bumps

Wow. Halperin scoops Drudge. Film at 11.

A new Research 2000 poll seems to dispute that conclusion – Kennedy has strong favorables and beats potential GOP opponents (including Giuliani) in head-to-head matchups:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/15/125749/332/26/684425

Rich people scratching each other’s backs? Fukking shocking!

Right now she is campaigning for a voter of 1. How much do these public polls matter in that equation? Should Patterson follow the public polls?

Gysgt, It matters because she would have to run for reelection twice in the next few years. The weaker her standing in the public, the worse it is for Paterson and the rest of the state GOP. Paterson is likely to take all this into account.

Oy vey. I think it’s even money that CK gets the appointment. She would have had favorable odds just a couple of weeks ago. She doesn’t come across as compelling any more, IMHO.
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Also I remember where I was when her father was shot.

Those would be strange bedfellows, indeed!

I still hope Kennedy gets in.

She also may have to face a primary as well. At least I hope Maloney runs against her, if Kennedy is picked.

Mike, I know Princess Kennedy On Senate Safari is an easy (and worthy enough) target, but I do hope in future updates/posts you go after the always-shucking-and-jiving Prince Andrew of Cuomo, as well as any other instance of cronyism and nepotism (two plagues in the establishment often rebranded as “inevitability” and “electability”).
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BTW, even Fox Noise admitting through Rasmussen that she’d take Peter King.
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http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=8242625&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=5.2.1

The weaker her standing in the public, the worse it is for Paterson and the rest of the state GOP
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I know it’s just a mistake. But it’s got a certain freudian air about it….

I wonder if this ever happens among “elite” pundits and journalists?

Oh, and one reason the seat is such a plum is that it is hard to imagine NY electing a Republican in the current climate, regardless of who the Democratic candidate is 2010. Again, what’s egregious about this is handing the incumbency to someone who I do not believe could win a primary for an open seat.

It’s astonishing how little I care about this.

Cliff, I’m not astonished at all. It’s clearly a south of Westchester, make that Bronx county story.

Carolyn’s candidacy was pretty much over after the Dominic Carter interview for the local NYC Time-Warner cable channel NY1.

Besides all the gratuitous (and rather un-Senatorial) “you knows” during the interview, the big story of that interview was her statement that she will not run for Senate in 2010 if Paterson doesn’t select her now.

That promise disregards the possibilty that Paterson selects a placeholder, in anticipation of a real primary race for the 2010 candidate.

We New York Democrats do enjoy our primaries!

Who friggin’ cares? This is getting as inane as American Idol, with the equally-inane Mark Halperin in the Ryan Seacrest role.
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This country needs a serious education upgrade. Maybe then wouldn’t end up with “leaders” like President Numbnutz, Blagojevich and Paterson.
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And a dolt like Mark Halperin would be looking for work.

Ugh. I’m hoping Cuomo does not get this, though I’m not a New Yorker. Cuomo reminds me of Mark Green, the only democrat I couldn’t bring myself to vote for when I was a New Yorker.
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I know he lost to Pataki in a state-wide race, but I’m wondering why I haven’t heard Carl McCall’s name mentioned. Very dynamic speaker, I thought.

Relatively thin resume? Sure. Relative to, say, mine. There, I’ll out and out say it, as a New Yorker. It’s an insult that she’s even being considered for the spot and I’m not. I am way younger, haven’t had her advantages, and am way more qualified for the job.

Why hasn’t Patterson made his decision yet? Why is this dragging out. Pick someone already so we can all move on.

It’s clearly a south of Westchester, make that Bronx county story.
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Man, I’m from Arizona, so it’s like you’re speaking Greek right now.

“Why hasn’t Patterson made his decision yet?”

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As a non-New Yorker who has an interest in the decisions made by the U.S. Senate – I’m rather hoping David Patterson has more than two choices on his plate.
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A Scott Gration type-pick would be nice. (Out of nowhere pick for NASA; the more I read the more I like.)

Mark Green, the only democrat I couldn’t bring myself to vote for when I was a New Yorker.
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I went to a fundraiser for him when he ran against D’Amato. What an unpleasant man he was. i was just in Albany on a citizen lobbying trip with some other people. Green’s name came up as possibly running for public advocate. One comment was “He’s run a lot. He’s lost a lot. At some point, shouldn’t it become clear to him that there’s a reason for that.”

queen, cliff, and aaron, my sentiments exactly. Not being from NY upper state and lower state means little to me (although really I do understand). So, it’s your pick Patterson. Just do it already. Let’s end this empty debate.

Hey, folks (including a few from New York, apparently), it’s P-A-T-E-R-S-O-N.

palin, not being from NY, I don’t care. (just a joke, don’t take it personally)

Actually, there are only a few state’s governors that the whole country is likely to know. NY for sure. California. Where else? Alaska?

I remembered another one, the governor of chicago.

Funny mistake. Chicago.
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The ten big states’ governors are usually mostly known. Interesting governors–women like Sibelius or Napolitano, celebrity like Jesse Ventura, or independents like Angus King in Maine.
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It says something, I think, that NYC, Chicago, LA mayors may be more prominent than their governors. Giuliani certainly more prominent than Pataki.

good points, jay. The mayor thing is even more interesting than my governor thing. I am still laughing at my own governor of chicago joke. I am my own best entertainer.

Talk about group think the only reason people have decided to dump on Caroline is because the msm decided to dump on Caroline. Now that Palin supposedly went home so the media decide they would make them a new one. After all Teddy is dying so nothing to fear there. Please a t least call it what it is, they decided that a woman should have to jump through more hoops. In one breath we marvel at Obama’s academic background, his ability to raise money and say that it trumps inexperience. Well Caroline has similar academic background, a constitutional scholar and his the ability to raise money so what’s the difference?

Media Matters points out how idiotic Michael’s post is:
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Got that? Caroline Kennedy’s public approval in New York is slipping because Michael Wolff’s biography of Rupert Murdoch — a book that Scherer’s source says nobody is talking about — contains a passage in which Rupert Murdoch asked Gary Ginsberg to get Kennedy to write a letter of recommendation for Murdoch’s daughter.
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Yeah, right.

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And by extension, the mentality of the village. Halperin, politico. They are wanting for brain cells, apparently.
Media Matters – A bit of a stretch …