Now, I love Barack Obama and I'm glad beyond belief that he's President--but Hillary would have been just as good and just as iconic (first woman in White House) and just as eager to undo BushCo's wrongs.

But it was the Kennedys who sabotaged Hillary Clinton, by backing instead of Hillary, Barack Obama. When Barack hove on the scene, I was intrigued--then glad. I thought after all the other Dem candidates dropped out, it'd be a Hillary/Barack ticket, with Barack as the VP, and a guaranteed SIXTEEN YEARS for the Democrats to rule.

Thanks to the Kennedy's insistence that THEY be the ONLY DEMOCRATIC DYNASTY (and therefore, the only Dem kingmakers) and Hillary's candidacy certainly would have put the Clinton family in that august position right along with the Kennedys--we have Barack as President.

I would have LOVED in that case, to have seen Hillary as VP, as backup to Barack, and for the inevitable future Presidential assassin wanna-bes. But I guess even as VP, Hillary would have had another crack at the Presidency and, again, in the Kennedy's minds, there would go the Kennedy Dynasty, toppled by someone younger, more vigorous and with way more staying power. Barack Obama was the only one who could defeat Hillary Clinton.

Now having said all this, I'm glad that Barack Obama is President. But I don't see Credit Card Joe as the protection for Obama's back (physically!) that a Hillary Clinton would have been. In any case, the Kennedys acquitted themselves very badly. Obama himself treated Hillary better than they did; he at least, made her Secretary of State.

Caroline Kennedy receiving Hillary Clinton's former NY State Senate seat, therefore, would have been revolting. I'm glad that Patterson seems to have concurred...

No, I don't believe that twaddle about Caroline's 'wanting to be at Uncle Teddy's bedside' at this time, instead of gladdening same Uncle Teddy's heart as he would have watched Caroline be sworn in as NY's new State Senator.

Ted--like all the Kennedys--is political to the core. That way, he would have been sure that the Kennedy legacy didn't end with him.

That said, I truly wish Ted Kennedy well.

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apparently this was a "single source" story and was not corroborated before it was published.

Now, NBC has reported that it isn't true.

Anybody else find it strange that rumor is now printed as "truth?"

You know things are bad when the New York Times is no more reliable than Faux Noose. Absolutely pathetic.

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Caroline Kennedy's botched dum-dum interviews were even MORE embarrassing than when Sarah Palin imploded as dumber than a sack of hammers.

What is this phenomena of women being recommended for higher office with ZERO qualifications? I'm an ardent feminist and this is downright EMBARRASSING - it only enforces the erroneous notion women aren't qualified to be elected as politicians.

Don't get me wrong - I've always thought Caroline Kennedy was a very nice lady who wrote lovely books and did some very fine charity work.......but NOTHING in her resume qualified her to serve in the Senate.

She's done some good work with New York public schools, served on Fine Arts committees for musuems, served on the Kennedy Foundation board....but very much her background is that of a high society, well educated socialite. She's never been elected to office - not even one term on the lowly city council.

Her name being bandied about for the NY Senate seat was almost surreal. The only reason why her name was raised was her family connections.

Her TV interviews were even more embarrassing than Sarah Palin's nitwit flubs. I always thought Caroline Kennedy was quite intelligent, urbane and sophisticated - but even if you deleted the hundreds of "um's" and "you know's" from her TV interview - she had ZERO PLATFORM and an appalling lack of understanding about the issues facing New York constituency.

Let her start out at the bottom - run for Mayor of New York - do a couple of terms on the City Council of New York - then a term in the NY State Assembly THEN get herself elected to the federal Senate.

I live in California and Gov. Arnold is the all time WORST governor we've had dating back to the Gold Rush era. I'm fed up with celebrities sailing into political office based only on their fame or family name. We've got Congresperson Doris Matsui doing 2 terms and the ONLY reason she got elected was because she was the widow of the late Congressperson Robert Matsui. I'm sick of unqualified people riding into political office because of family connections.

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...Then it should be Bobby, Jr. He's been an activist, lawyer, environmentalist/river-keeper for most of my life anyway. I do not believe in political dynasties either, but Caroline made next to zero sense. Aside from her book on the right to privacy, what has she done in the public political arena? Next to nothing.

Really, there should be a special election to fill this seat. The idea that the governor appoints a Senate vacancy goes back to times when it was assumed that most people did not have access to information needed to make that decision. This is anything but true now.

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