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Damon Weaver, 11-Year-Old Reporter, Grills President Obama
By David Knowles - Politics DailyConsider the brief journalistic career of Damon Weaver, a fifth-grader at Florida's Kathryn E. Cunningham Canal Point Elementary. Since joining his school's television station (KEC TV), he has covered the presidential election of '08 (eventually landing an interview with Joe Biden), attended the inauguration, and then gone on to snag airtime with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Colin Powell, Paula Abdul, Norah O'Donnell, David Gregory, Caroline Kennedy, Meghan Kelly, Dwayne Wade, L.L. Cool J, Jordan Sparks and Major Garrett. His high-profile interviews have been so noteworthy that Weaver himself ...
Michelle O. Celebrates Jackie O. With Caroline Kennedy
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyWith an assist from Caroline Kennedy, Michelle O. celebrated Jackie O. Monday night in Manhattan. ...
Vatican Rejects Caroline Kennedy as U.S. Ambassador Nominee Over Abortion
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyA diplomatic tug of war between the Catholic Church and the Vatican is taking place behind the scenes as the Vatican reportedly rejected a third nominee from President Barack Obama for the post of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. According to reports, the Vatican informally brushed aside Caroline Kennedy, a prominent Obama backer from the presidential campaign, for the post last week. At issue is the Obama Administration's support for abortion and embryonic stem cell research, both of which the Church considers to be grave moral evils. According to veteran Vatican watcher Francis Rocca, of ...
Chris Matthews Slams Blogs Over Caroline Kennedy Rumors
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThanks to The Daily Beast for this clip of MSNBC's Chris Matthews chiding a NY Daily News reporter for introducing "blog stuff" into his show. Don't worry, Chris, just scrape it right off your shoe.sssGood for Matthews, but I hope he realizes that "the blogs" aren't the only place that false rumors about Caroline Kennedy have shown up. For example, the Associated Press "embarrassed itself. Twice!" according to a senior adviser to Governor David Paterson, when they printed poorly-sourced stories claiming that Kennedy was a shoo-in for the seat.The New York Times even printed a phony email from ...
Kirsten Gillibrand to be Appointed to Hillary's Senate Seat
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySeveral news outlets are reporting that NY Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand will be New York Governor David Paterson's choice to replace Hillary Clinton in the US Senate. From PIX News:PIX NEWS is being told that Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the reported choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources say members of the New York delegation have been invited to join Governor Paterson for the announcement in Albany at noon tomorrow.While most media outlets focused attention on supposed frontrunners like Caroline Kennedy ...
Kennedy Circle Upset by Reports Citing Teddy
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyTo top off the pretty incredibly stupid handling of Caroline Kennedy's bid for Hillary Clinton's NY Senate seat outlined by my colleagues, ailing Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's inner circle is none too pleased with reports that he was one of the reasons for her decision to forgo her push.As AOL's Melinda Henneberger pointed out in two reports today, the conflicting reasons given for Mrs. Schlossberg's withdrawal don't add up. Did Governor Paterson decide to go with another choice and allow her to take a graceful way out? Who's throwing out the stories about tax and nanny issues? Carolines ...
Caroline Kennedy Bid Was Mismanaged By Her Friends
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMelinda Hennenberger's column today asks if David Paterson mishandled Caroline Kennedy's now-withdrawn bid to succeed Hillary Clinton as the junior senator from New York. Based on what I've seen, the biggest obstacle to its success, and the magnifier of her embarrassment, was the fervor of those who supported her. When news of Caroline's interest in the seat first broke, there was intense interest in the story. It was a bright, shining aspirin in the middle of the Blagojevich headache. Additionally, a lot of pressure was brought to bear on Governor Paterson to appoint Caroline, pressure he ...
Double Standard on Nanny Problems?
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyLet's see, so Obama's pick as treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, sails through the Senate Finance Committee "despite unhappiness over his mistakes in paying his taxes,'' to a nanny, as the AP puts it. OK, fine by me.Only hmm, the New York Times is reporting that those very same mistakes may have pushed Caroline Kennedy out of contention for the New York senate seat just vacated by Hillary Clinton: "Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy,'' according to "a person close'' to New York Gov. David Paterson. Oy. Did ...
Why Kennedy's Out: Was It the Illegal Housekeeper or the Part About Being Totally Unqualified?
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyWe know this much: Caroline Kennedy will not be the next Senator from New York despite a highly publicized campaign and a connections to a famous family. (In case you've been living under a rock, her cousin was once Lt. Governor of Maryland.)Now the question is why. The New York Times has a theory, and it's a familiar one...Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy's own description of her reasons ...
If Not Caroline Kennedy, How About One of These Five?
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailySo Caroline Kennedy is out of the running for New York Senator, citing concerns about her ailing Uncle Ted. This makes perfect sense, for when a relative is ill, the last thing you'd want to do is spend 5 days a week in the very same room as him, plus have an office down the hall. No ma'am!With Caroline out, Governor David Paterson is in a jam. Whom can he find with the name recognition, intellectual fortitude and worldwide respect that is needed in the Senate? Our initial thought was Hillary Clinton, but apparently she's not even under consideration!But what about one of these five ...
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