At that time, the media reported that Caroline may have withdrawn because of the health concerns of her uncle Ted. Now the media is reporting that the Princess of Camelot may have withdrawn due to “tax problems” and a possible “nanny issue”. Well things just keep getting better and better with these democrats. Other media sources say she may have a Bill Clinton problem called Infidelity! So what else is new in Camelot?

Our poor Default Governor Paterson has now chosen upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to take over Hillary’s extra-wide seat in the U.S. Senate. Surprise – Surprise, it was a woman! Racial, ethnic, and gender politics loom large in the new Obama era.

Unfortunately, Gillibrand doesn’t have the name power that Princess Caroline did, so poor Gov. Paterson won’t have any coattails to run on in his 2010 reelection bid. That’s the one and only reason Paterson wanted Ms. Kennedy to take the seat.

Don’t feel too bad for Gov. Paterson. Even though the New York State deficit will be billions more by 2010, and taxes will have been raised by billions, and hundreds of thousands more people will have fled the state, and millions of more jobs will have been lost, he still has that magic (D) next to his name; in New York that’s all it really takes!

I’m not buying it! I believe that the svelte Caroline finally came to her senses and realized that being a senator actually requires a lot of speaking. During recent weeks while openly campaigning for the position, Ms. Kennedy made a buffoon of herself every time she opened her trap! Her liberal use of the phrase “you know” was an embarrassment to the Camelot image of the Kennedy family. In a 30 minute interview on a New York City cable channel, Ms. Kennedy muttered “you know” over 200 times.

Oh well – at least Caroline got a well needed good meal out of the ordeal when she dined with Al Sharpton in Harlem at the famous Sylvia’s soul food restaurant a few weeks ago. She was apparently so hungry, that she broke an unwritten rule in politics that says you shouldn’t stuff your face while the media cameras are on you. Who could blame her; it was probably the first time in her life that she actually ate some real food!

Anyway, I applaud Ms. Kennedy for seeing the light and bowing out.
As Dirty Harry aptly put it in the movie MAGNUM FORCE; “A man (in this case a woman) has got to know his limitations”.