Did "Hired PR Gun" Eliminate Caroline Kennedy's Chance for a Senate Seat?

While she was certainly the front runner in name recognition, Caroline Kennedy was not appointed by Governor David Paterson to take over Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. Instead this past Friday Paterson selected the virtually unknown New York congresswoman Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

Those following the appointment process may remember supposed baggage of tax, nanny and marital problems that were cited as the cause of Kennedy’s downfall, and which are now being accredited to Judy Smith, a “Washington-based PR guru and former Bush White House deputy press secretary,” according

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