Last night, before I went to bed, there were conflicting reports over whether Caroline Kennedy had withdrawn her name from consideration for the New York Senate seat. (NY politics being as raucous as they are, one sometimes doesn't know about those early reports.) But, it's true, she's out:
Caroline Kennedy announced early Thursday that she was withdrawing from consideration for the vacant Senate seat in New York, startling the state’s political world after weeks in which she was considered a top contender for the post.Never a dull moment.
Ms. Kennedy on Wednesday called Gov. David A. Paterson, who will choose a successor to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, to inform him that she was no longer interested.
“I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Ms. Kennedy said in a statement released by her public relations firm.
