Caroline to Get Hil's Seat, Two Guys Claim  Caroline Kennedy is
basically a lock for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, according to
someone close to the governor according to CBS 2. Sheesh. Is it
true?  Here is the problem: Governor David Paterson is a
delightful renegade maverick, and no one knows who among the
people claiming to speak for him actually represents his views,
whatever they are. So the guys speaking to the Associated Press
may well be people "close to him," but it's impossible to say!
The AP's sourcing is "two people close to Gov. David Paterson,"
which means nothing.  This might just be another version of the
inevitability tactic Bloomberg aide Kevin Sheekey dreamed up in
his odd campaign for the Kennedy appointment, running it
entirely via leaks to the media and limited Kennedy interviews,
without any direct attempt to personally convince Paterson of
anything.  But! The news that Sheldon Silver, the Democratic
Assembly Speaker, has now tentatively announced his resigned
"support" for Kennedy is