Likely catalysts such as a possible late-March iPad refresh with a lower price point on the iPad 2, a mid-year iPhone refresh, and the launch of the iOS-based television launch in late 2012 or early 2013 back up the positive rating for the company.
Still, in late spring and early summer, she was whispered as a possible vice presidential candidate -- and more recently as a contender for secretary of education in an Obama Cabinet -- but elected office would mark a major shift for Kennedy.
One such was the hurried build-up, made even more hurried by Tony Blair's desire, until as late as possible, to make it look as if peace might still break out.