Caroline Kennedy’s second act as a Senate hopeful didn’t get much better reviews from New York’s press than her first.
A New York Daily News columnist said “the wheels of the bandwagon are coming off.” New York Post State Editor Fred Dicker already put her on his list of 2008 losers. And The New York Times said “she seemed less like a candidate than an idea of one: eloquent but vague, largely undefined and seemingly determined to remain that way.”
Last Friday after weeks of silence, Kennedy agreed to sit down for interviews with The Associated Press and New York City cable TV’s NY1. Over the weekend, she scheduled another round of interviews with other news organizations from The New York Times to the Buffalo News. The New York Daily News noted she frequently used the phrase “you know” and “ums” during the interview, which was skewered in political blogs Monday.
“There has been some very rough comments,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College poll, following the series of interviews she provided over the weekend. “I have been surprised,” he said. “The welcome mat has not been out from everybody.”
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Don't be so sure
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 2:27AM EST (link)Don’t be so sure… I give you the voters in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois as evidence that things are not in good shape.
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re we really sure that Cook County IS still part of the Republic, Warner?
janis (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 9:16AM EST (link)Since they don’t seem to follow most of the rules that the rest of the republic does… hmmm…guess you can Minnesota to that, too.
The NYT describes this as eloquence?
zuiko (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 2:42AM EST (link)Why does that not surprise me?
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman
If he's surprised, then HE's the one living in a bubble
smagar (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 5:36AM EST (link)“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
LOL this is the elite intelligentsia?
Jack (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 7:08AM EST (link)These are the people who gather at the cocktail parties in the silk stocking district of Manhattan and look down their nose at all of the rest of us.
That believe we are inferior to them. They are morons propped up by their names and their money.
Jack
“If at age 20 you are conservative you have no heart. It at age 30 you are liberal you have no brains.” Sir Winston Churchill
5^; nt
itrytobenice (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 8:48PM EST (link)Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
What A Disgrace
Bourbeau Wednesday, December 31st at 7:46AM EST (link)What chutzpah for this woman to even think all she had to do was convey her interest and the name Kennedy would take her on her magic carpet ride into the Senate. What is it, about this family, that gives them the sense that because a father and an uncle were taken long before their time, every offspring is assumed to be of equal competence. Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg chose to remain in the background her entire life; I’ve maybe heard her speak once or twice. She’s ignored her party’s candidates until The One appeared; she’s barely shown anything to the public except to present the Profiles in Courage Awards; her family’s wealth is a secret, we have no clear sense how she accumulate approximately $100 million dollars; no one can name her three children, if asked; and we’ll never be privy to her tax returns as it’s none of our busiess. Well, with any luck, NYers have awakened; they see this for what it is, a Kennedy entitlement gone awry, and ensure their accidental governor gets the message – NO!!!!!! When you sit back and assess the arrogance of this family, bolstered by the fawning bestowed upon all of them because of a name, you realize how dumb we, as an electorate, have become.
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Scope (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 8:24AM EST (link)didn’t hurt Obama all through his campaign, and his name wasn’t Kennedy. Maybe the Libs now think that’s a sign of thinking before you speak.
For a Kennedy, she's pretty well qualified.
Old_Crow (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 8:55AM EST (link)After all, she hasn’t driven a car off a bridge while drunk and killed someone or smashed a car while on a self-prescribed sleeping pill/booze cocktail in D.C., or have overt connections to the mob, or…nevermind
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” — James Madison
I'll be surprised if she's NOT names senator
scottbomb (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 8:58AM EST (link)And I’ve been surprised a LOT lately when it comes to politics.
“…she seemed less like a candidate than an idea of one: eloquent but vague, largely undefined and seemingly determined to remain that way.”
Didn’t our country just elect such as person president?
Is not NY the land of the carpet-bagger?
www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” – Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
Are you sure this wasn't about Obama? [nt]
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 9:02AM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
I was about to say the same thing.
Mark Kilmer (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:08AM EST (link)This:
describes Obama well.
Precisely the quote I was referring to [nt]
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:14AM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
The gig is up
Jack_Savage (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:22AM EST (link)Seems like they know they can only sneak one like this by us per election cycle.
It’s really funny seeing the media scramble to try to regain some credibility.
This is a joke!
Joe S. (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:02AM EST (link)The idea of appointing her was ridiculous. She has no credentials or experience and thinks that she answers to no one.
Democratic politicians are wisely trying to preserve the Kennedy dynasty. It is still a very popular and somewhat powerful brand in politics. However they did a bad job executing it. As Bob Beckel recently said, they should have appointed her quickly in the dead of night. Sure there would be some initial outrage, but it would be dominated in the media (and public conciseness) by Blago and the economy until Obama took office, and then it would fade out of the public eye entirely.
I don’t think she can get it any more. Public support, which was never strong [1], must have dropped due to her now well publicized lack of credentials and her poor performance with the media. In fact “Mayor Bloomberg’s top political aide is pulling back on his lobbying campaign to propel Caroline Kennedy into the U.S. Senate because ‘it wasn’t working,’ according to sources” [2]. I don’t know why the MSM has suddenly decided they don’t like a Kennedy, but it looks like they have dealt her some deadly blows.
1 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/23/new-yorkers-split-on-caroline-kennedy/
2 http://www.politico.com/blogs bensmith1208A_Caroline_backfire.html#comments
Once again, Iowahawk say it all...
Paul_In_Houston Wednesday, December 31st at 10:28AM EST (link)Senora Kennedy Is Make Very Good Senator
Thanks Paul
Jack_Savage (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:32AM EST (link)Iowahawk cracks me up every time.
I think Caroline is perfect.
mbecker908 (Diary) Wednesday, December 31st at 10:59AM EST (link)Empty suit President works with empty dress Senator.