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Will Caroline Say Yes?

Paterson insists he hasn’t offered the job.

The latest on the Caroline Kennedy for Senate saga: The New York Times’ has quotes from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (“I believe that she is considering it”) and New York Gov. David Paterson: “The conversation was informational. She did not express an interest in the Senate, but we talked about the Senate, so I got that she was just trying to get some information to determine whether or not she would like to have an interest in it. And that was it.” Importantly, Paterson tells the paper: “I haven’t offered the job to anyone.” An article in Politico notes that Kennedy was the one who “initiated the contact.” One obvious question: Does Kennedy, who would face a potentially rough re-election fight in 2010, want to throw herself into the job ala Hillary Clinton? “I don’t think anybody who knows Caroline doubts that she has fire in her belly,” says RFK Jr. “She’s a workaholic.”