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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 "Caroline: Pull a Cheney!" An Open Letter to Caroline Kennedy (head of the Obama VP search team) from Michael Moore Dear Caroline, We've never met, so I hope you don't find this letter too presumptuous or inappropriate. As its contents involve the public's business, I am sending this to you via the public on the Internet. I knew your brother John. He was a great guy, and I know he would've had a ball during this thrilling and historic election year. We all miss him dearly. Barack Obama selected you to head up his search for...

...some key Democrats want for Sen. Barack Obama's No. 2: his veep search aide, Caroline Kennedy. {snip} ...adds one fan of the idea: "Caroline is the good Kennedy." {snip} There's recent precedent. President Bush picked his vice presidential search team leader, Dick Cheney.

Caroline Kennedy was the inspiration for his song "Sweet Caroline". I guess many people may know this but it was a surprise to me. Here is a link to the story from 2007 on USA todayLink Link to song on YouTube....Sweet Caroline

If you're going to promise "new politics," it would probably be wise to eschew the same old Beltway cronies and insiders who have served presidential nominees of yore. And if you're going to attack political opponents for playing "textbook Washington games," it would probably be best not to play them yourself. If you do, you'll end up tongue-tied in front of the cameras, hung by your own holier-than-thou rhetoric and faced once again with the decision to throw another bad choice under the bus. Yes, Barack Obama, we're talking about you. Again. It's getting mighty crowded under that bus, isn't...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is considering former top military leaders among his possible running mates, according to a senator who met Tuesday with the Democratic presidential candidate's vice presidential vetting team. North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad told The Associated Press said the team asked him about potential candidates from three broad categories _ current top elected officials, former top elected officials and former top military leaders. Conrad would not disclose which names they discussed, and the Obama campaign has been keeping the process a closely guarded secret. "We talked about many names," Conrad said, including "some that are out...

Make no mistake about it: If Hillary Clinton is elected president, her husband will be her rogue co-president, causing constant chaos, crises and conflicts for her new administration. And sometimes, that will be exactly what Hillary wants. Chaos is Bill Clinton’s signature style and he’s not about to suddenly change. No way. Nor does Hillary necessarily want him to be a new Bill. In many ways, his divisive role in her campaign has been carefully crafted by Hillary and her team. It might come in useful in the White House, too. Throughout Hillary’s campaign, Bill has given us an unfortunate...

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, whose own children attend a private school, is now the CEO of a new New York City department, the Office for Strategic Partnerships, and will become the City's top fund raiser for the school system. The daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy was appointed to the post yesterday by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to serve as chief fund-raiser for New York City schools. Klein said he hopes she will increase donations from the private sector and strengthen partnerships between the business community and the vast, cash-strapped $12 billion a year school system, according to...