Kennedy IS withdrawing -- just released a statement

[Bumblebee]

Source: MSNBC

just a headline for now

Update: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780112 /

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[lonestarnot]

1. Hmmmf!

[drmeow]

2. I know a lot of NY Democrats

who, while they would be glad to vote for her in a standard election, will be glad that she has withdrawn her name. They feel even though she is a Kennedy, she needs to pay her dues and face the challenges of getting the voters approval.

[customerserviceguy]

34. Count me as one of them

I bear no ill will towards Caroline Kennedy, but I don't think she's a very strong candidate for the special election that is coming up next year.

[JoFerret]

37. And actually voting

in elections matters too.

[Mrs. Overall]

3. I wonder why there has been so much confusion over this today.

[Bumblebee]

6. I think it's because she was going back and forth -- not a great sign

of political maturity.

[murielm99]

18. Coming from Illinois, I am not inclined to point fingers

or make too many judgments about this. But she could be considering Ted Kennedy's health. I don't think many people have mentioned that.

[CAG]

4. She has withdrawn her withdrawal? Or withdrawn the withdrawal of the withdrawal?

[ErinBerin84]

5. I posted this in another thread, but

can someone post the statement when it comes out? The MSNBC website screws up my computer.

[Bumblebee]

7. Here you go

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780112/

BREAKING NEWS
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 4 minutes ago

ALBANY, New York - Caroline Kennedy said she has withdrawn her name from consideration for the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton, in a statement released early Thursday morning.

"I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate," the official statement read.

[ErinBerin84]

8. thanks!

An end to the madness....hopefully. I kind of hope Cuomo doesn't get it either.

[Bumblebee]

9. I hope he does. He would be hard to beat in 2010

[ErinBerin84]

10. true

I kind of like where he is though, for other reasons. I wouldn't mind him as gov of NY one day either.

[Bumblebee]

12. It's not clear he really wants to do it -- he apparently has mixed feelings about the Senate

[w4rma]

11. Andrew Cuomo is the one I want in there, now. He'd already be Senator if Hillary hadn't moved to NY

to take the seat for herself.

[ErinBerin84]

14. I would not be upset if he got it at all.

I just want this all to end....put us out of our misery, please.

[Feron]

16. Hell no.

This is the same guy that bullied ISPs into dropping binary newsgroups simply because they might contain child porn. That's as ridiculous as blocking websites from a particular country simply because one person might upload an obscene picture.

The last thing we need in the Senate is another person that is a technological moron. Or worse, someone who knows better but will legislate our rights away anyway for the sake of a photo-op.

[w4rma]

17. I agree with you on that issue. Bad decision. However, on most other issues he should be great. (nt)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

19. I don't blame her

Live in peace, Caroline

[sohndrsmith]

13. I'm so bummed... : ( n/t

[SpartanDem]

15. Good to hear

She may of had the smarts and the name, but judging from her interviews not the political savvy for the job. Which could've been very costly in 2010.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

20. not slick enough for you, eh

She's better off living her life free from this kind of scrutiny,

[cali]

21. uh, politicians do have to run for office, you know.

Caroline is not prepared to campaign- as she amply demonstrated over the last month or so.

[elleng]

22. Caroline Kennedy withdraws Senate bid.

Source: Reuters/WaPo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her bid for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, her spokesman said on Thursday.

Kennedy, a member of the United States' storied political dynasty, cited personal reasons for the decision, said spokesman Stefan Friedman.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012200053.html

[chucktaylor]

23. That's the problem. She's part of a dynasty. .....This is all a dream.

Or J.R. did it.

[Number23]

24. Did she perceive that there was little chance of her getting it?

Only reason I can think of to drop it after all of this time...

[OneBlueSky]

26. that's my hunch . . . she probably got a heads up that Paterson was going elsewhere . . .

so she withdrew to avoid the potential embarrassment of not being selected after all her campaigning . . . too bad, but maybe it's for the best . . .

[TheWraith]

27. Actually a lot of people considered it all but a done deal for her.

I'm afraid I agree that this bodes ill for the current Senator Kennedy.

[Number23]

29. Oh no. Good grief, I hope not...

[marshall]

35. I think another offer became available

She's been in the news so much lately. I think something better came along. At least I hope so, she deserves the best.

[Dennis Donovan]

25. This might mean bad things for Ted's health...

:(

[AllHereTruth]

28. Why? That makes no sense.

[BlueManDude]

30. Not impressed w/ Mr. Patterson.

[NashVegas]

36. Nor Am I

And my problem with the polite fiction about Teddy is that while it allows CK to *publicly* save face, it also allows Paterson, Cuomo, Maloney and whomever else set her up to be ridiculed for 6 weeks to escape the magnifying glass, themselves.

[JoFerret]

38. He's facing a 15.4 billion deficit

this is all just a distraction.

[1776Forever]

31. Raw Story has this on its site also - link.......

Caroline Kennedy withdraws Senate bid; Reasons in dispute
John Byrne
Published: Wednesday January 21, 2009

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Caroline_Kennedy_withdraws_Senate_bid_0121.html

[THUNDER HANDS]

32. good

what a disaster that would have been if she was appointed.

[Freddie Stubbs]

33. This is, y'know, not very, y'know, surprising, y'know