Cuomo Furious at Caroline

Caroline Kennedy’s low-speed coronation for New York’s vacant U.S. Senate seat has left one contender feeling at his wit’s end: Andrew Cuomo. “It’s driving him crazy,” a Cuomo friend tells The New York Times. “He’s boxed in. He can’t do anything except fume, and he is fuming.” Before Kennedy emerged onto the scene, contenders for the seat were advised not to campaign for it. Yet Kennedy is quite actively campaigning, and the other candidates, like Cuomo, are still stuck neutral. “The frustration is that he could have leveraged the Cuomo name and pushed his way into the process … [Y]ou have someone who has not done the trench work that Andrew has in New York leverage her name to get the appointment,” the Cuomo friend said. A possible consolation prize for Cuomo: remain as AG and help the feds prosecute Bernie Madoff.