Caroline's Senate Bid Reportedly Gets Push from Uncle Ted

With news that Caroline Kennedy is interested in taking Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, it seems natural that her uncle Senator Ted Kennedy wants to help her out. According to the NY Post, the elder Kennedy contacted Governor Paterson's office to say that his niece "has contacts and family connections that would mean legislation affecting New York would receive prompt attention." A source said that the usually private Caroline Kennedy is, now that her children are grown, "looking for a mission in her life. Preferably in politics." However, one Paterson administration source said Kennedy is "barely in the game" since she has no political experience. And in the Kennedy rumor department: Gawker wonders if the NY Times got the scoop on her Senate interest because she might be involved with Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 7, 2008 1:06 PM

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nycnewsjunkie

Yesterdays nypost had the "pros" and "cons" of a possible Sen. Caroline Kennedy...

the "cons" won

nomnomnom

That's an awful, awful photo of her. Yikes.

Snoopy

If you look at Maria Schriver/Scharzenegger (I know I spelled at least one of those names wrong) you will see the same kind of "Kennedy" look I was referring to. And Maria was very attractive in her early years. The Kennedy curse lives on I guess.

NannyState

It's her consolation prize for being a Long Island housewife for so long.

MFer

Disgusting. Will the Kennedys please go away.

Snoopy

She deserves to be senator. She was in the White House longer than most of those trying to run for office.

As she gets older she looks more and more like her aunt Pat Lawford. Which to say is not a good thing.