Comments on: Hold the Coronation: Caroline Kennedy’s Senate Chances Sinking Like a Stone http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:59:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: oldoilfieldhand http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783124 oldoilfieldhand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783124 <p>I may not know a lot about politics in other states, but I know what I like…</p> I may not know a lot about politics in other states, but I know what I like…

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783120 oldoilfieldhand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783120 <p>And revealing all about Wall Street is not what we need? How exactly does anyone fix a problem without actually identifying the problem?</p> And revealing all about Wall Street is not what we need? How exactly does anyone fix a problem without actually identifying the problem?

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783092 MarkH Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:21:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783092 <blockquote><p>Patterson is a smart man. Don’t give up on Elliot Spitzer!<br /> 1. He’s a Democrat, not a DINO.<br /> 2. He’s smart.<br /> 3. He needs a shot at (redemption) rehabilitation.<br /> 4. He knows where the bodies are buried on Wall Street.<br /> 5. The Republicans are terrified of him.</p></blockquote> <p>I watched Paterson being interviewed and he sounded a lot like a Liberal Republican — kinda like Bloomberg. I suspect he is confused about Kennedy and her neocon adviser. Is she Conservative or Liberal? He might think Cuomo is Liberal, but as the only big name alternative he might feel boxed in there. The chance he’d pick Spitzer is about zero since Spitzer was going to reveal all about Wall Street.</p> <p>Who’s that leave then? Who’s next down the list?</p> <p>If there’s nobody of repute who “can win an election” then it has to be flipping a coin between Cuomo and Kennedy. If the polling is important then it’s probably Cuomo. But, if he has some idea of subverting the Liberal, then it’s Kennedy and the safety of her choice of a neocon adviser.</p> <p>It’s complicated, but Paterson is in a tough spot considering his rationale, his perhaps hidden agenda he has to be able to explain his pick.</p> <p>It’s totally unclear to me and that’s why I’ve been keeping my mouth shut about each of these states where a new senator has to be picked. How many of us really knows anything about politics in other states?</p>

Patterson is a smart man. Don’t give up on Elliot Spitzer!
1. He’s a Democrat, not a DINO.
2. He’s smart.
3. He needs a shot at (redemption) rehabilitation.
4. He knows where the bodies are buried on Wall Street.
5. The Republicans are terrified of him.

I watched Paterson being interviewed and he sounded a lot like a Liberal Republican — kinda like Bloomberg. I suspect he is confused about Kennedy and her neocon adviser. Is she Conservative or Liberal? He might think Cuomo is Liberal, but as the only big name alternative he might feel boxed in there. The chance he’d pick Spitzer is about zero since Spitzer was going to reveal all about Wall Street.

Who’s that leave then? Who’s next down the list?

If there’s nobody of repute who “can win an election” then it has to be flipping a coin between Cuomo and Kennedy. If the polling is important then it’s probably Cuomo. But, if he has some idea of subverting the Liberal, then it’s Kennedy and the safety of her choice of a neocon adviser.

It’s complicated, but Paterson is in a tough spot considering his rationale, his perhaps hidden agenda he has to be able to explain his pick.

It’s totally unclear to me and that’s why I’ve been keeping my mouth shut about each of these states where a new senator has to be picked. How many of us really knows anything about politics in other states?

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783054 Teddy Partridge Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:51:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1783054 <p>No, thank YOU!</p> No, thank YOU!

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782988 oldoilfieldhand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:27:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782988 <p>If not Senator from New York, how about Elliot Spitzer, DOJ Special Federal Financial Investigator with Subpoena power and a real budget for a complete investigation of the economic melt down and exactly what the financial wizards of Wall Street did with our 350 billion dollars?</p> If not Senator from New York, how about Elliot Spitzer, DOJ Special Federal Financial Investigator with Subpoena power and a real budget for a complete investigation of the economic melt down and exactly what the financial wizards of Wall Street did with our 350 billion dollars?

]]> By: oldoilfieldhand http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782976 oldoilfieldhand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:21:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782976 <p>Jane!<br /> Patterson is a smart man. Don’t give up on Elliot Spitzer!<br /> 1. He’s a Democrat, not a DINO.<br /> 2. He’s smart.<br /> 3. He needs a shot at (redemption) rehabilitation.<br /> 4. He knows where the bodies are buried on Wall Street.<br /> 5. The Republicans are terrified of him.</p> Jane!
Patterson is a smart man. Don’t give up on Elliot Spitzer!
1. He’s a Democrat, not a DINO.
2. He’s smart.
3. He needs a shot at (redemption) rehabilitation.
4. He knows where the bodies are buried on Wall Street.
5. The Republicans are terrified of him.

]]> By: james http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782873 james Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:25:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782873 <p>He can become a Progressive and be a …. DRIP /g</p> <p>Couldn’t help it</p> He can become a Progressive and be a …. DRIP /g

Couldn’t help it

]]> By: whocareswhatyouthink http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782784 whocareswhatyouthink Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:05:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782784 <p>good God, who cares what you blog people think? Get a life, do something productive, and stop being annoying. thank you</p> good God, who cares what you blog people think? Get a life, do something productive, and stop being annoying. thank you

]]> By: bonkers http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782715 bonkers Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:38:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782715 <p>Damn, thank doG that Ned Lamont didn’t think this way when he was down 40% just a couple months from his primary.</p> <p>Oh, and if Paterson does appoint Kennedy, I assume she’ll get the rapid and full support that Roland Burris has gotten from many around here?</p> Damn, thank doG that Ned Lamont didn’t think this way when he was down 40% just a couple months from his primary.

Oh, and if Paterson does appoint Kennedy, I assume she’ll get the rapid and full support that Roland Burris has gotten from many around here?

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782692 SouthernDragon Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:24:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/05/hold-the-coronation-caroline-kennedys-senate-chances-sinking-like-a-stone/#comment-1782692 <p>I prolly should have put a snark tag on my comment. I imagine that Caroline does rule the roost at yer basic social gathering though. If nothing else the attendees at such soirees respect the Kennedy wealth and name.</p> I prolly should have put a snark tag on my comment. I imagine that Caroline does rule the roost at yer basic social gathering though. If nothing else the attendees at such soirees respect the Kennedy wealth and name.

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