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While none of these Democratic moves would be a problem next month, when the Dems will enjoy a bigger majority in the Senate, right now the GOP still controls 49 Senate seats - and with Obama's seat vacant and Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton not voting, there is little Reid can do without GOP approval. Grim-faced and drawn, lawmakers Monday began parading across the Senate floor to give their views on the measure - the start of what will surely be a joyless run-up to one of the least popular votes of the year. See the 50 worst cars...
...with Kennedy in the Marist survey, offers Paterson another benefit. The "accidental" governor - who replaced Eliot Spitzer after his resignation amid a highly publicized sex scandal - will have to run for his own office in 2010, and Cuomo could be a formidable challenger in the Democratic primary. A Senate seat would presumably remove him from a potential gubernatorial run. On the other hand, Paterson could decide to pick a candidate with weaker statewide appeal, like New York City congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, in an attempt to chum the waters for the 2010 Senate election - luring formidable contenders like Cuomo and Rudy...
...Headlines were made last week when Caroline Kennedy was reported to be considering the seat. The floating of her name was greeted by an initial flush of enthusiasm. "She would be fantastic," her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gushed to New York magazine. Caroline is a "strong possibility for the job," an unnamed family member told the New York Post, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opined, "Caroline Kennedy can do anything." Well, maybe she can - but whether she'll get the chance to is still an open question. (See pictures of TIME's J.F.K. covers...
...John F. Kennedy's daughter, of course, would bring considerable star power to the job at a time when Paterson needs all the help in Washington he can get to win federal funds for the state's beleaguered budget. But whoever takes Clinton's seat would have to face voters in 2010, to fill out Clinton's term, and again in 2012, for re-election. And Kennedy, who has never run for office, may not be the strongest candidate against a tough Republican challenger. A Caroline Kennedy appointment "is fifty-fifty at best," says political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, a spokesman...
...riots come as Greece's center-right government is struggling to cope with a plague of scandals and an economic slowdown that threaten its slim one-seat majority in Parliament. "For the past five years, Greek citizens have realized that they live in an insecure environment, both socially and financially," said center-left opposition leader George Papandreou. "We must address responsibly the deeper causes of these phenomena." (See pictures of the recent riots in Belgrade...