Posted on 01/11/2009 6:54:27 AM PST by presidio9
When community groups and the Board of Education were caught in an acrimonious dispute over an arts program, education officials brought in a fixer: Caroline Kennedy.
The daughter of a president and niece of two senators listened attentively, asked probing questions and proposed various scenarios to resolve the dispute. Under her prompting, a compromise was reached.
"People were pushing themselves back from the table and folding their arms," recalled Stephanie Dua, chief executive officer of the Fund for Public Schools. "She was very good at defusing the situation. ... She has a very easy style about her but she's very sharp."
The episode is an intriguing glimpse into how Kennedy might fill the role of U.S. senator if she is appointed to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, friends and colleagues of Kennedy painted a picture of a reserved but intelligent and tenacious woman who writes her own speeches and who, despite her vast wealth, still takes the subway.
Those interviewed did not provide an impartial view — but, with several speaking publicly for the first time about their relationship, they offered a rare look inside the private world of a woman America fell in love with decades ago as she rode her pony over the White House lawn.
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Much was made of Kennedy's decision last January to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but she is no stranger to politics. Paul G. Kirk Jr. remembers meeting her at the age of 16 or so, soaking in as much as she could while on the campaign trail with her uncle Teddy.
She was "lively, engaged, inquisitive," said the family friend and former head of the Democratic Party. "She might hear two or three people ask the senator the same question if he
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My thought was that CK Schlossberg takes the subway for safety’s sake—it was probably strongly suggested by whoever still has authority in the family, like Uncle Teddy.
The Kennedys have NOT had good luck with cars, planes, or skis......
My thought was that CK Schlossberg takes the subway for safety’s sake—it was probably strongly suggested by whoever still has authority in the family, like Uncle Teddy.
The Kennedys have NOT had good luck with cars, planes, or skis......
“Uncle Teddy, I am SO BORED. Make me a Senator of something. NOW!”
Not so much...
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