Is that all it takes?

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  ALBANY, N.Y. – Caroline Kennedy told New York's governor on Monday that she's interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her the highest-profile candidate to express a desire for the job. Democratic Gov. David Paterson will choose the replacement. "She told me she was interested in the position," Paterson said. "It's not a campaign. She'd like at some point to sit down." Caroline Kennedy's spokesman, Stefan Friedman, declined to comment.

  At an afternoon  to discuss last week's paralyzing ice storm, New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer, said he has also talked to Caroline Kennedy about the job. "And she's clearly interested," he said.

  Kennedy is the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy. Her uncle, the late Robert F. Kennedy, once held the Senate seat she wants. Paterson has sole authority to name a replacement for Clinton, who was first elected in 2000 and re-elected by a wide margin in 2006.

  Over the past week, Kennedy, who lives in Manhattan, has reached out to several prominent  New York Democrats to tell them of her interest in the Senate seat. They included Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Kennedy worked closely with Klein as executive of the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the New York City Department of Education, where she raised about $65 million for the city's schools.

   "I think she's thought about it a long time," Klein said of a conversation he had with Kennedy on Monday. He said the campaigning she did for Obama this year helped acquaint her with the gritty rituals of retail politics. "She's a highly determined woman and she's clearly been thinking about her life and how to make an effective contribution," Klein said. "Everyone knows Caroline, and everyone has a great historical respect for the Kennedy family."  Link

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Comments

[oldcatman]

With a cash deal your soul is involved-----

[Carl]

Caroline is probably recuperating the seat that would have belonged to her brother John had he not been the victim of a flying ''accident'' that opened the way to that seat for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Immanent Justice

[Kevin]

Hey, I used to own a Kennedy half-dollar. How do I apply for this position?

[Kevin]

There's a roach crawling on your website. Just a head's up.

[oldcatman]

Kevin, you sound like a 90%er!

[Steel]

It's an ant, Kevin.

The Official TSD Mascot.

I may have a naming contest one of these days.

[oldcatman]

Squish........

[oldcatman]

squish......

[Uncle Fester]

Hereditary officeholders. One more step towards empire...

[Steel]

Yes, okay, but why do we have to keep tapping into such inbred bloodlines?