New York Governor David Paterson will tap Caroline Kennedy to fill the senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the Associated Press."It ain't nothin' till I calls it"? (An old baseball umpire's line.) Rico says the guy's got some wit, if only half...
Officials with knowledge of the story said they think Kennedy will be Paterson's choice, but the governor wouldn't confirm it. Instead, he referenced an old baseball quote, saying, "It ain't nothin' till I calls it," according to the report. A report in Friday's New York Times suggested that Paterson was in no hurry to make a selection. "There’s one choice," he told the Times. "It’s the one the governor will make. And in the end everybody will understand that."
On Thursday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the second-most powerful Democrat in the state, dropped his opposition to Kennedy's candidacy.
03 January 2009
Finally
MSNBC.com has an article about the resolution (hopefully) of the Clinton seat situation:
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