This was surprising. I guess the pressure to look for a better candidate finally got to everybody.The N.Y. Post and Times are reporting this evening that Caroline Kennedy, once thought to be a shoo-in as the nominated replacement for new secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has phoned New York Gov. David Paterson to withdraw her name from consideration.
No immediate confirmation from Paterson or Kennedy of the pair of newspaper reports.
But the removal of the 51-year-old big-name family name, whose assassinated uncle Robert, once held the seat, would make life a whole lot easier for Paterson, who has many fellow Democrats with much longer public service records in line competing quietly for the coveted, high-profile seat.
Kennedy has made several stumbles once she basically announced she wanted the job. Her interviews were stumbling, often uninformed, inarticulate. It came out that she has not been a regular voter, let alone regular Democratic donor in her attorney's life. The daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy had been encouraged to seek the seat by her ailing uncle, Ted, now suffering from a malignant brain tumor.
She's said to have listed concern over her uncle's health as the reason to give up, and the leak comes one day after he had seizures during an inaugural lunch in the Capitol.. Sen. Kennedy has been very ill since May though, long before she made her announced autumn entrance into the nomination race. Of course, she may also have belatedly realized the scale of the job and have received a heads-up that it wasn't going to be her getting the governor's nod. And he's giving her a facing-saving exit.
As The Ticket reported, Paterson said he expects to make his choice by this coming weekend. He's also said that he's giving economic concerns added weight in his selection process. Whomever he picks will run with Paterson in the Democratc state next year.
This probably makes Andrew Cuomo a lock for the job.
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