Why? Well, check out the latest news today:
She's fallen in the polls--New Yorkers now appear to want Andrew Cuomo appointed to that seat, by a wide margin. Governor Paterson is now asking several candidates to submit answers to a long, very detailed questionnaire, demanding very personal information. Why do that if your mind is made up?
And consider this: why is Paterson waiting so long to make an appointment? The longer the wait, the more apparent Kennedy is not a shoo-in. There must be serious doubts--and her public performance over the past month hasn't quieted them.