Senator Kennedy? Caroline — Not Ted

Breaking on the New York Times’ web site — and potentially affecting our day here… Caroline Kennedy, daughter of an American political dynasty, has decided she will pursue the Senate seat left vacant by Senator Hillary Clinton. The Times sites "a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, who friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up what has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight." The decision is, of course, up the Governor of New York, who is himself a new arrival in the job — having replaced the disgraced Elliot Spitzer earlier this year. If appointed, Ms. Kennedy would fill the seat once held by her uncle, the late Robert F. Kennedy. The news comes one week after another Governor in another state made news over a vacant Senate seat in his state. Hmmm — remember that? What do you think? Great choice? Class act? Or — enough with political dynasties? Here’s the Times’ piece…