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Sources: Paterson Not So Keen on Caroline

Governor thinks NY needs a more assertive voice in the Senate

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2008 10:24 AM CST

(Newser) – David Paterson likes and respects Caroline Kennedy, but the New York governor isn't so sure she's cut out to be Hillary Clinton's replacement. Giving Kennedy 20-1 odds, an anonymous insider tells Fredric U. Dicker of the New York Post that Paterson wants his state to... Read full story »

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