NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., reportedly has been working the phones to boost his niece, Caroline Kennedy, as Hillary Clinton's Senate replacement in New York.
Aides told The New York Times that Ted Kennedy, who has represented Massachusetts since 1962, has talked to New York Gov. David Paterson, who will name Clinton's replacement if she resigns from the U.S. Senate to become the next U.S. secretary of state. They said he has also talked to Sen. Charles Schumer, the senior senator from New York, and Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, now head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.