The Note, 12/05/08: Another Senator Kennedy?

The US Government has gone insane.
Giving Carolyn Kennedy the Senate seat because she is a kennedy and help in vetting VP’s.
I am sure NY has many Qualified people who can do the job, ran for the position and can serve the state.
Handing out money to the Big Banks and Brokers who are international companies. Compared to helping out the auto makers who have so many americans employed and will help keep so many other jobs for americans should not be questioned. Especially since they asked for a loan, not a bail out.
Hillary let the people down, when she bowed out to Obama. After she said she was for the people. *shrugs* Now we have two in their not for the people. Obama and her.
The American people do not care what Obama listens to or on what.
We care that he made Promises he had no intention of keeping. Since he knew what the economy was like when he made them. He knew he was not going to keep them. Now, he starts with the speeches, excuses and trying to convince the American People he is not a liar, and it is all someone else fault. More the same His blame game.
Mr Obama gave up his senate seat, He has no offical position in the Government right now. He should have no votes or hands on with the auto loans.
Chris Matthews off the air why? for not sucking up to Obama or the Chicago-DNC?
God Bless America we need it bad.

LongT – Actually Caroline moved to New York afer her fathers murder. Her family has many homes all over the world but I believe Caroline lives in New York. She certainly has spent more time there than HRC.

This is fantastic news! Please consider this, Caroline. There are a lot of us who have confidence in both your abilities and your desire to make the US a better country.

to all the morons
-yes Caroline Kennedy is a lifelong resident of NY
- did you read the article or watch the television for the past year…she has the ear of the President more than any other would be Senator …no matter what lovcal state politicians have worked their way up through local state government…
Caroline Kennedy would be a HUGE gift to the state of NY under an Obama Presidency.
- she has credibility, honor lifelong understanding of the issues… and no owed favors to ANYONE
morons who don’t think before they type…
most states would be thrilled to have her carpet bag to theirs…
but in this case she happens to be a native.
think people…atleast before you hit send.

She is smart enough to fill the senate seat but i don’t think there is a huge need for another woman senator. There are already 14+ and 8 governers currently serving this country. I say give it to who is qualified and who is willing to make a difference. My personal preference would be to see a black or latino fill the spot. I think obama was like the only the 3rd black senator in our nations history. Not sure if there ever was a hispanic.

Jesse – Excellant point. The Senate would be getting another Kennedy and all the stuff that goes along with that. We would also be getting Jackie’s daughter. A girl raised at arms length fromt he rest of the clan. She would probably be the first Kennedy to serve in the Senate or House who has not been to rehab since Bobby back in 1968. I think she would be great, if she wants it.

Jesse Tomblin,
How did Obama and Frank start the economic mess?

She does live in NY… I work here and saw her just the other day during lunch walking around.

“Ronald Mexico” give me a break. Give the seat to a black or latino/a? As if Caroline is not qualified – as if we don’t need MORE women in Congress! Go back to school (if you ever attended). I support Caroline Kennedy big time.

I’m not sure what makes her unqualified? It’s not like she doesn’t understand how our government works. Her dad was President and uncle was senator. Why couldn’t she do this job? Nay sayers are just bitter sore losers.

ronald mexic: “i don’t think there is a huge need for another woman senator. There are already 14+ and 8 governers currently serving this country…” By your reckoningthat means there are 36 male senators and 42 male governors so I don’t think there is a huge need for another male senator. I’ve got an idea, the governor should appoint a transgender!

I guess in domocrat flights from reality, only a victim can replace a victim.

Ugh. When will the Kennedy’s go away?

I need to go make some eye to eye contact….pray.amen.

I think it’s a great idea.

Sort of expected scenario, I think…why not?…it’s all good

Her qualifications other than being a Kennedy are? Can this family please go quietly into the night? YOu might as well ask me to represent New Yorkers: I am not a resident of NY (either was Hillary), no baggage of scandalous family history, I am a true outsider (CHANGE!!!!)and I happen to believe in the limits of government as CLEARLY spelled out in black and white in the US Constitution.

Oh no! here we go. NYorkers will vote her in and we will have another lifer in congress again who will be one side minded.

I can only hope she gets shot, or her plane crashes OR she can get a tumor in her brain a like old Slob faced drunk pervert Ted! We don’t need more Kennedy’s, Clinton’s, or Bushes! The idiots of New York will elect any empty headed female who comes to their state just like they did that criminal scum bag Hillary.

Another Kennedy gets something she doesnt deserve and didnt work for? Another Kennedy in Congress is good news because?

This is GREAT news! She’ll be perfect for the job.

Caroline Kennedy & Ellen Alderman wrote a couple of books on the Bill of Rights a few years back. Given the assault on the Bill & the constitution in general by the present administration, either one would be a great Senator. I think Kennedy has the higher name recognition & access to backing, though.

Actually, this is pretty awseome. If the Dems appoint Caroline Kennedy SCHLOSSBERG to the Senate, Sarah Palin’s credibility instantly skyrockets! From then on, anytime a liberal or a media type (yes, I know that’s redundant) mock Sarah’s qualifications, intelligence, or any other quality, the other side can simply point to Caroline and say, “Yeah, well, let’s talk about Caroline.” I mean, let’s face it…if you’ve ever heard Caroline Kennedy SCHOLSSBERG speak (without a script), then you know she’s not a very bright woman. And if we’re being totally honest she’s really that attractive, either. So wouldn’t it be perfectly delicious if the Dems unconsciously replaced Sarah Palin as the next national laughingstock with the last surviving member of JFK’s family??? So go ahead, set her up in the crosshairs…it’ll be great fun seeing Caroline collapse under 10 times the amount of abuse that a significantly more accomplished, self-made woman had to endure. The new poster child for unqualified, incompetence? Why, Sen. Caroline K. SCHLOSSBERG, of course!

Per above, that should be, “…really NOT that attractive.” Unless, of course, you fancy horse-faced women with leathery skin and big, yellow teeth.

The governor’s task is to choose the most effective person he can, and there are a lot of reasons Caroline Kennedy would be especially effective — even more so if Hillary acclaims her selection.
Caroline has been involved in community work and education issues for years. She is a reserved and careful Kennedy, not a firebrand, but still, she would be listened to more closely than most.

Among her many OTHER qualifications, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (so it would be Sen. Schlossberg, I’d think) has devoted enormous time and energy to bettering the public school system, something that is going to be the focus of much attention in the new administration — She is a lawyer who has written on Constitutional issues — and she probably knows more about courage and leadership than most of us because of her family and as a result of heading the Kennedy Institute with its Profiles in Courage award. And she speaks intelligently, carefully and meaningfully, by the way. As a New Yorker, I would be honored and very, very proud if she became our Senator.

John Gettery: Actually, this is pretty awseome. If the Dems appoint Caroline Kennedy SCHLOSSBERG to the Senate, Sarah Palin’s credibility instantly skyrockets! From then on, anytime a liberal or a media type (yes, I know that’s redundant) mock Sarah’s qualifications, intelligence, or any other quality, the other side can simply point to Caroline and say, “Yeah, well, let’s talk about Caroline.”
Yes, let’s talk about Caroline who has a law degree from Columbia University (a top 5 law school) and an undergraduate degree from Harvard. I can only assume she managed to earn these degrees in the prescribed number of years, unlike your pal Palin. There is absolutely no comparison between Palin and Caroline Kennedy in terms of education or intelligence. Perhaps one could make an argument that Caroline Kennedy lacks experience and that would be the only proper comparison between the two, but even that argument won’t overcome Sarah Palin’s stunning lack of ignorance about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, world issues, and the economic meltdown we’re all facing at the moment. I am really troubled by Americans that find it acceptable to have someone in office who mangles basic concepts, such as the Vice President’s role in our constitutional scheme or whether the 1st Amendment protects their right to be free from criticism. We’re partly in the mess we’re in b/c of incompetence (not just Bush’s, by the way), greed (that’s a big factor), and ignorance. To paraphrase John Adams, a democracy can’t survive if people aren’t educated (and I will add, thoughtful about issues). Before you post idiotic comparisons between Sarah Palin and a woman with more education and demonstrated thoughtfulness about issues (see her books on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, things Ms Palin has shown she knows little about & that I’m willing to bet you know little about), you might consider that whether you’re actually comparing apples to apples or apples to kiwis. Just a thought….but I guess you and your ilk do little thinking (preferring to spend your time in knee-jerk reactivity to Fox News).

TO JESSE TOMBLIN: Were have you been for the last eight years Obama caused this economic mess what kind of drugs are you on. BUSH has caused the economic crisis and the republicans that have been in the senate for the last 6 years and Bush for the last eight years. OBAMA isn’t the president yet and has no authority yet until BUSH is out. YOU NEED TO PUT THE BLAME WERE IT BELONGS with the REPUBLICANS. You are definately a person with blinders on and sees only what they want to see or hear.

From Wikipedia:
“Kennedy is currently President of the Kennedy Library Foundation,[4] a director of both the Commission on Presidential Debates and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Honorary Chairman of the American Ballet Theatre. She is also an adviser to the Harvard Institute of Politics, a living memorial to her father.
Kennedy has represented her family at the funeral services of former Presidents Ronald Reagan in 2004 and Gerald Ford in 2007, and at the funeral service of former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson in 2007. She also represented her family at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, Arkansas in November 2004.
[edit] Works published
Kennedy and Ellen Alderman have written two books together on civil liberties:
In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights In Action (1990) and
The Right to Privacy (1995)”
I’d say she is qualified to be a Senator. She is not qualified to be President, so please, can the Palin comparisons.

I agree with savethemiddleclass. I am sick of the same families running this country. Oust the Bush’s, Clinton’s, Kennedy’s and any other career politicians. They have had decades at the helm.

LONG LIVE THE ARISTOCRACY!

It seems to me that you have misinterpreted Barney Frank’s remarks.

Well, Caroline is probably a nice enough person but putting a person who doesn’t know her ass from a hot rock in the Senate conjures images of an unintelligent choice.

I can only hope that Caroline would consider taking the Senate Seat. If she did take on this responsibility I know she would do a fine job and be a positive force in the Senate almost immediatly.

Who is Caroline Kennedy?

LOL! I agree with one of the commenter’s above that doing this would take a tremendous amount of focus off of Sara Palin and put it onto this truly “unknown” personality. If you want to criticize one side for putting forward a supposedly unqualified woman for purposes other than the common good then you have to be prepared to criticize the other side just as forcefully. It’s only fair. However, I do think it will be a shame to watch what appears to be a nice enough person torn down by baseless charges and endless inquiries into her past associations and activities, which will surely follow. But if the Left hadn’t gotten so much glee out of accusing Sara Palin of not actually being her own child’s mother, calling her names generally and making fun of her and the rest of her family, then Ms. Kennedy would probably have a much smooter ride should she be offered and choose to accept this appointment. Unfortunately, the Right is just savlivating at the chance to kick a good woman around for no other reason than to get some payback. Sara Palin was/is a good woman and she got pounded. Whether she deserves it or not, Caroline Kennedy should expect nothing short of the same. Whether she’s able to remain standing when the dust settles like Sara did remains to be seen. Given her family’s long-standing mystique and her own well-known efforts to keep herself and her own family out of the public eye, by stepping into the public arena in this way I personally don’t think she has anywhere to go but down. (Not to mention starting by making an enemy-for-life out of Andrew Cuomo, who is the only logical choice to fill Hill’s seat). Pass the popcorn, this is going to be a good show!!!

So she attended several funerals, huh? Wow! Now THAT’S what I call qualified! And she even went to Law School and had to take the Bar Exam. How many lawyers do you know who are also idiots? I know several. And if passing the Bar was such a great indicator of intelligence, her own brother couldn’t pass it after 3 tries. Face it…both of JFK’s kids got their mother’s brains.
Caroline Kennedy will make Sarah Palin look like Albert Einstein.

I look at all the posts here and I’m appalled at the denigrating remarks of some of the posters. Caroline Kennedy, as has been pointed out here, is a long time resident of New York. So the remarks about her being a carpetbagger are in error as with the fact that some have called her an airhead. You just wish you were as smart as this woman. I say if they offer it to her, then by all means accept. The Kennedy’s have done more good for this country in the last 50 years than all other Presidents combined. Even with all the baggage that came with them. Time to think before you speak people, your ignorance is showing, along with your arrogance.

Most my family members are NewYokers.
In a nutshell, NO THANK YOU FOR Caroline Kennedy who is not resident of
NY and doesn’t have a politics experience neither sacrificed at all for New Yokers. New Yoker approved Hillary jobs as a NY senator just 50%
because she had focused on being prisident so she snubbed her duties of NY senator. The position, NY senator will strongly needed a clear
qualified someone who is pundits of economic or available to reform Wall St. because Wall St. have to reform and spawn a strong regulations ASAP. Nowadays some New Yoker miss Rudy Juliani who was reformer.
NO MORE INEXPERIENCE SENATOR for NEWYOKERS.

John Gettery: Oh, I’m so very sorry Caroline isn’t pretty enough for you but Sarah Palin is. That pretty much tells me all I need to know about why Ms. Palin was selected to run as vice president. You, like John McCain, apparently can’t stand to be around a woman who isn’t a beauty queen.

Things are bad enough with Dumbo getting ready to take office – and now this, another Kennedy and another Democrat. This financial mess is on their heads thanks to Carter and Clinton, and now it only will get worse.

Walker Evans; Thank You. Isn’t it fascinating how politics works? You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. Well, maybe you can fool some of the people all of the time come to think of it.

A moron like George Bush got his republican nomination and presidency just because he is son of an ex-president. Caroline is way better suited for the senator’s position from those standards.

Oh Boy.. I saw this one coming.

OH YES!!@!!!! PLEASE!!!!! Another United States Senator, for the people.

Wow. Another Kennedy moron who wants the free Democratic NY Senate Seat. All those Democratic Politicians know that NY Democrats love to give away one of NY Senate seat to her.
Enough is enough. NY residents know better. There are a truckload of NY politicians who are way more better than her. One thing I know about her is that she only has the Kennedy’s last name.

Posted by: Jesse Tomblin “With Caroline in office we will be getting a smart Kennedy not the usual Ultra-Leftist Liberal type we normally get from that Family.”————She’s not an Ultra-Leftist Liberal? I haven’t heard any of her thoughts on anything. Please give us your information and sources.

So this is why Clinton was offered the SOS job, so that the way would be clear for Caroline Kennedy to be appointed (always a good way to get ones foot in the door) to fill the vacated Senate seat. I had a gut feeling that Clinton would come to regret her decision to accept the SOS position. Maybe she had no choice. She certainly looked grim when she appeared with BHO on Monday. She looked like someone had died. Well, something had just died. Her Senate career. I think she was forced into accepting the SOS position to make way for Caroline, one of the powers behind BHO.

I once worked with a man who lost two brothers at the ‘Bay of Pigs’. The mention of the name Kennedy would send him into a rant in English and Spanish. He would spit when he said the name as if it left a foul taste in his mouth. … It probably did.

Why are so many people casting stones with so little knowledge? There are quite a few on here that know that Caroline and/or Obama are going to be incompetent before they even take office. Do they think this is what our founding fathers were hoping for, a country of whiners when their candidate loses? I think they were hoping for a lot more from people that are the most fortunate people on this planet. However, this happens every four years not matter which party wins. No one wants to give another group a chance to succeed in running the government. I am not a republican or a democrat, I am an American that is tired of these lies and bitter attitudes that come from both parties and independents. Let’s start holding both parties responsible for their decisions and work together to keep this nation great.

December 5th, 2008 1:24 pm ET
Caroline Kennedy’s resume (from wikipedia):
B.A. from Harvard University
J.D. from Columbia Law School
Wrote two books with Ellen Alderman:
* In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights In Action (1990)
* The Right to Privacy (1995)
She has also edited several books and written one on the Kennedy family.
More on Caroline Kennedy She is currently President of the Kennedy Library Foundation, a director of both the Commission on Presidential Debates and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Honorary Chairman of the American Ballet Theatre. She is also an adviser to the Harvard Institute of Politics, a living memorial to her father.

“I think she [Hillary] was forced into accepting the SOS position to make way for Caroline, one of the powers behind BHO.”
Do you realize how much of an idiot you sound like? You sound like one of those PUMAs that think Obama forced Hillary to take SoS as part of some nefarious plot. You really must not have much respect for Hillary if you think anyone can force her to do anything.
As for the freepers and PUMAs comparing Caroline Kennedy with Palin (what a joke), Palin was running to be one 72-year old heartbeat away from the Presidency. Kennedy would only be one of 100 senators, so the threshold is much lower (there are complete morons in the Senate; then again, the last 8 years we had a complete moron in the Presidency).
Having said that Caroline’s threshold for Senate is lower than Palin’s VP threshold, Caroline blows Palin away, period. Palin had to go to five colleges to finally get a sports journalism degree. She’s only been governor of a small population state for less than two years. She demonstrated to the world her complete lack of knowledge and lack of intellectual curiosity. She lowered herself to using her femine wiles to get through a debate, with all the flirting and winking and folksiness (but the public saw through that BS even if the pundits intially did not (or refused to)). Palin is a joke.

Can any of you tell me why it is that Republicans/Hillary clingers can only use hate filled rhetoric and small minded name-calling to get their points across? Are they truly as ignorant and uneducated as they sound, or are they simply and totally powerless to find common ground and adjust to the realities of the ballot box. The American people chose who they wanted as president on November 4.
Democrats (yes, I’m one of them) had to live with George W. Bush for eight years. We were certainly not happy with that choice, but I have never read the kind of evil-wishing, ugliness and name-calling of the kind I have read in this blog toward Caroline from Democrats toward even George W. Bush who put us into a needless war killing thousands of our young men and women and countless Iraqis, did his best to destroy our Constitution and the civil rights of the American people, broke countless national and international laws, stole from the poor and middle class to give to the rich… I could go on and on.
Caroline Kennedy loves this country and she and her family have given so much to it regardless of whether you agree with their politics or not. She is highly intelligent and politically astute. She and her family have lived in New York metropolitan area, and given much of themselves to the area and to the country.
Those of you who spew your hatred like vomit all over the place… why don’t you get counseling? It would make this a cleaner place (or blog).
And to The Note: don’t you have any limits at all on the type of messages you allow on here (e.g. “I can only hope she gets shot, or her plane crashes OR she can get a tumor in her brain a like old Slob faced drunk pervert Ted! We don’t need more Kennedy’s, Clinton’s, or Bushes! The idiots of New York will elect any empty headed female who comes to their state just like they did that criminal scum bag Hillary”)
It was shocking enough that “badboy” would say this, but much more shocking is that your blog would let it go through! (“BadBoy” should really change his moniker to “SickBoy.”)

I’d love to see Caroline Kennedy in the Senate.
Good Idea!

It’s impressive and depressing to observe the dumb@ss spin that some contributors to this thread put on the Senator Caroline Kennedy speculation. There are just too many morons so steamed up by the possibility of “another Kennedy” that they ignore simple facts: she’s a longtime NY resident; she’s an involved public citizen who has in no way played the “look at me” game; her qualifications may not include a term as mayor of Wasilla, but she’s smart enough to have help the incoming President make a responsible VP choice (the Republican vetters certainly know a nice piece of @$$ when they see one, don’t they. I’m no more offended or concerned about the Kennedy US Senate speculation than I am about the brand spanking new Bush US Senate speculation. Even if your own biases make them hard to applaud, these people aren’t creeps, they are responsible citizens. Sheesh. Knucklebraining never sleeps, does it?

Oh the irony. Caroline Kennedy is a traitor to the first woman on track for the Presidency, and then takes her seat. I love the irony. That being said, Caroline Kennedy will be a terrific asset to the US Senate and I hope she gets the job. Perhaps she will run with Hillary as her VP selection. How’s that for irony? I may even forgive her for abandoning Hillary….the one who should be President.

WHAT HAS SHE ever DONE?Another celebrity? next jenna bush and chelsea for governer.Disgusting.Shame on us newyorkers.

Just great, thats all we need …another GD Kennedy in the Senate.

Governor(Excutive), two States Senators(Legislative), Prosecutor(Judicial) in NY State all belong to Democratic Party. They should take some responsibility for not prevention of collapse of Wall St.. Hey, New Yoker ! Do you think sharfully about Hillary Cliton has done good job or dedicated for NYker or NY States which can controll a world economic in Wall St. ??? Cliton has kept on her first priority, being president. Now her priority is to pay debts, $7.5Mil off before taking the position. I voted for Spitzer because he strongly mentioned about reform of Wall St. while his campaign. However, he disgraced with sex scandal. Now, I request as a tax payer in NY resident Governor,Paterson should select the position who is pundits of economic, bountiful experience and ready to dedicate for NYker, not being president. At least, two NY senators are available to submmit
the Bill that way to spawn a strong regulations of Wall St. to Congress.
NO INEXPERIENCE SENATOR for NYKER.

I think she’d make a great Senator! Too bad the Republicons don’t want to see that, but it is not THEIR choice. They hate everybody and wouldn’t like any Democrat in that seat. You go for it, Ms. Kennedy! Your family has done only great things for this country, and I believe you will too.

Contrary to what the Bush, Kennedy, and Clintons would like us to believe, the U.S. is not a monarchy. In reviewing the records of all of the above, especially Ted Kennedy, these people should go down in history as our greatest shame; yet, we appear to be the only country that rewards failure and penalizes success. Sharing the last family name of any of the above would drive most moral, ethical, and patriotic people further underground Vs laying claim to a public office. I count Cuomo among those who should enjoin with the above, all who should extinguish their insatiable desire for the limelight.

Caroline Kennedy = Sara Palin with a trust fund.

Just because Caroline Kennedy has some law degrees does not qualify her to be a Senator. The only reason why she is being considered is because of her last name. Honestly, can you see someone else suggesting Chelsea Clinton for a Senate seat? I thought not.

well now we know what Obama meant by ‘change’ ..one washes the baby but then puts the soiled diaper back on it…took a harvard grad to explain it all to we peasants…

Wait a min, the Govenure, who no one in NY voted for, is appointing a person who has no contacts in politics except that she is the daughter of a former President? Well I guess that is like voting in some one who just moves to NY because she knew that the people of NY were dumb enough to vote her in.

Give me a break. This woman has no qualifications. She is a joke.She strikes me as another of the long list of Kennedys who whose clame to fame is the Kennedy name.
Who do these people think they are that they can just monopolize the political landscape decade after decade? What has she done? A veepee vetter? Hilarious, she did a terrible job at that.
She is a disgrace in that she supported a racist, unqualified, befriender of terrorists in Barack Obama/Soetoro for starters.
I suppose,If Barack Obama the Kenyan born Indonesian/British citizen can become president by cheating, and broken campaign pledges, anything is possible.

An editor of children’s books connected to a family with a history of lies and deceit. Sounds fully qualified to me! I think Oprah has spent enough time as a resident of Chicago to qualify to become Senator in Illinois. My guess is she will replace Obama as Senator. The lunatics are officially running the asylum. P.S. – I just love spell-checking Obama.

All is falling into place. Robert Kennedy did all he could for African- American rights and to see his niece take this seat would make and her father very proud. Hope she accepts it.Caroline, please continue what your family has created and you’ll be great. This country needs people like you. Good luck and God bless. No doubt she would be accepted by a landslide.

Jeb Bush for Senator? After all his been thru he deserves the seat. Wish him well also.

I thought that Obama stood for chang? Caroline Kennedy is not change. Clinton is being sent out of the country. Ted kennedy wants to create health care? I liked Hilay’s healthcare policy. A national health care policy is great for THE People and for business. Hey Ted hope you ask Hilary for her imput. She had the IDEA back in the 90′s.

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no more f–king kennedys please . Alright her dad was shot in office, we are sorry for that ,but does that make her qualified to be our senator? compared to Palin she has NO EXPERIENCE !!! only a name and quite frankly we are tired of that name. go to the compound get a tan , and leave our state alone. The only one that is related to a Kennedy worth anything is Arnold .

So, she thinks she can just waltz right in on her name and that’s that? What is she, CRAZY? She is showing her french again !! Perhaps this anorexic housewife with a degree from Harvard and Columbia but whom has never practised a day of law in her life would like to take over a job it would have been to not have given her children Russian names! Oh by the way she is a distant cousin of mine and I am sooo tired of these people being treated like they are royalty for petes sake! She truly believes she has entitlement to this position and thinks she is the only choice-HA! Her first mistake was meeting with Al Sharpton-PLEEEZ! The second was actually thinking she was qualified for this position and the third is thinking she can glide right into this position, it almost makes me not want Hillary to leave this position because she has been so good at it. If she wants it let her run for it the next time it comes around, then she spend her millions on actually being deserving of it, I cannot even believe she is so conceited to think she could actually pull it off, she ain’t that smart!!

Makes ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE if Caroline Kennedy is appointed to Hillary’s seat in 2009 or not. Why? Because in just a little over a year she’ll have to start a re-election campaign, and at that point she’ll either “go, or blow” as we say in stock car racing. If Patterson selects her now, it’s really only giving her a first-round bye in the primary as the “incumbent”. She might not even make it through that round on her own… but OTOH, if he appoints someone else, she could certainly challenge and win the 2010 primary. OR NOT. She could also lose in that primary, appointed or not.
So, she either gets a one-year trip past “go” now with an ugly primary battle ahead and likely upset by an upstate Republican in 2010… or she campaigns behind-the-scenes for two years and has an ugly primary battle, which even if she wins, she’ll still face a native upstate Republican in the 2010 general election – and will probably lose because upstate is largely Republican.