Caroline Kennedy is almost TOO qualified.

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Caroline Kennedy has demonstrated throughout her life that she is a good, decent, caring, thoughtful, and articulate person. These attributes alone are more than adequate qualifications to serve the people. Her excellent education and limitless contacts with leading people in the private and public sectors, the unparalleled entree to the halls of power provided by her heritage, and her obviously excellent political acumen (she backed Obama early in the campaign and he WON) are all just gravy. In short, she is BETTER qualified than many currently serving US Senators.

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In this age of Cybernetics and the occupation of seats and voices in the Architecture of Power, Ms Kennedy is not the worst of the Oligarchs that can be 'plugged in' to that node. At the same time, gotta keep working on that Architecture, it Uploads much more than it downloads.

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Nobody outside the Beltway is transfixed.
This is also not a 3rd world country.

As Ms Maddow said, this needs to stop or we should rename the Senate the House of Lords. How many are in the Senate because of family name instead of service and qualifications?

No
Hell,No
No Way
No Effing How

Should a Kennedy or anyone else 'start' their political career in the US Senate.

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Of course she was able to raise tons of money for her charitable endeavors. She's a Kennedy, and it's that name recognition alone that makes her "qualified." If her name was Caroline Smith with that same resume, she wouldn't even be on the radar.

I'm not from New York, but I'd be willing to wager all of my shrinking 401(k) that there are plenty of good, hardworking U.S. House members and New York legislators with a proven track record of achievement in government who are far more qualified than Caroline Kennedy. Or, given the economic times, a successful business person who understands what it takes to grow wealth and create jobs - I'm fairly sure there are a few of those around New York somewhere.

Enough of political dynasties. No more Bushes, Clintons, Kennedys. Let's have people who rise on their own merits, not clinging to the coattails of other people's greatness.

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Sounds like a plan.

I know there are good arguments against her representing the people of the state of New York, all having to do with "dynasty".

One thing we have to remember, this isn't George W. Bush we're talkin' about here, folks. This is a woman of intellect and substance. Please, after you're done reading all of the great articles and comments here on AlterNet (Don'cha just love AlterNet? I sure do!) read what I had ot say on this very subject on "The Rant". Here's a link:

Senator Caroline Kennedy?

Or you can read the piece on AlterNet's PEEK section. Just scroll down a bit.

As a New Yorker, I'd be proud to have someone like Ms. Kennedy in the senate. Al D'Amato she ain't!

peace....

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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Sounds like a plan.

I know there are good arguments against her representing the people of the state of New York, all having to do with "dynasty".

One thing we have to remember, this isn't George W. Bush we're talkin' about here, folks. This is a woman of intellect and substance. Please, after you're done reading all of the great articles and comments here on AlterNet (Don'cha just love AlterNet? I sure do!) read what I had ot say on this very subject on "The Rant". Here's a link:

Senator Caroline Kennedy?

Or you can read the piece on AlterNet's PEEK section. Just scroll down a bit.

As a New Yorker, I'd be proud to have someone like Ms. Kennedy in the senate. Al D'Amato she ain't!

peace....

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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PATTERSON IS THE STEVIE WONDER OF POLITICS.

If the only way to get progressives into Government is to appoint them,
So be it.
I tired of the same old tired entrenched
One party system.
We need serious change and
We need it now.
Go Local
Go Green
Go Organic
The Corpirate system is crumbling,
Spit out the poisonous FRANKEN-FOODS and
Plant a VICTORY Garden.
Self reliance and Self sufficiency is key.
Survive and prosper.

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What's with you? Part of Caroline's "Qualification" was she was chauffeured to school by some rich Pom in London?
So what? Therefore she must be chauffeured into the Senate in like style?

What happened to EVERYMAN?
Don't tell me there isn't someone in NY state who hasn't spent years getting his/her hands dirty doing real work that wouldn't be eminently more capable!!
(AND eminently less - what? bribable? influencable? connected to old pols? beltway?) - than this rich chick.

What's WITH your fuckin Hollywood infatuation!?!?!? (Lemme guess: When Reagan was first suggested, you . . . . .???)

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Hollywood-blind Americans maybe.
"The World"?
No.

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If we are going to examine qualifications to sit in the United States Senate, let's hold every seated Senator up to Ms. Kennedys'qualifications.

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Hero worship and a tendency to fawn over aristocracy is an unfortunate weakness of human nature. We saw hero worship on full display with the election of The One, BHO. So I suppose we shouldn't be surprised when Dems want to continue with hero worship by appointing an old-monied Dem aristocrat to the Senate. While you're at it, Dems, why not pencil in Michelle Obama for POTUS for 2016 and reserve Senate spots for a few Kennedy grandchildren for circa 2032?

I personally believe Caroline Kennedy is a dullard with a Peter Pan complex who inherited none of her parents' looks, intelligence, or charm, but even if I'm wrong, it shouldn't matter whether she's qualified or not. What should matter is whether the people of New York choose to vote her in to office or not.

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No, Ms Kennedy / Schlossberg is not yet qualified to be a Senator. However, New York has another lady who is fully qualified now to be a Senator: Liz Holtzman.

She served several terms in the Congress, has been in the political wars for many years, was hot on Nixon's trail, and is now hot on Dick 'n Dumbya's.

Given her vast experience and her knowledge of national and New York politics, Liz Holtzman would be the best pick Governor Paterson could make for the US Senator from New York.


jim crawford
Westwood NJ

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You guys AGAINST Caroline Kennedy, have got to be KIDDING! Most of those Oldies, but Goodies, whose been in the Congress and Senate for YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE REPUKELICANS, screwed this country and the World up; NOT the Young and Fresh Representatives! They aren't given the opportunity to do what we HIRED them to do, because the OLDIES, but Goodies, DICTATE & CONTROL their INPUT & behavior! Heck, they would not BACK C. McKinney/GA, because she bucked the system, and tried to get IMPEACHMENT on the table! So Please, get off Qualifications and Experience.

IT'S THE PAID FOR, LONG TERM CONGRESS REPS & SENATORS, THAT GOT AMERICA IN THIS MESS! For what they've done to Country, we might as well send new born babies to run our House; at least they will have a legit reason to WHINE & CRY!

Heck, Caroline Kennedy is MORE qualified than Hillary Clinton. All Hillary has done is help Wal-marts screw their employees, been 1st Lady as Gov and President; her resume, no way, no how stacks up against Caroline's background!

Hillary is DEFINITELY FROM THE "PAY TO PLAY" ERA; why do you think Obama won? The American People REALIZE Bill & Hillary are partly RESPONSIBLE for the downfall of our Economy!

If nothing else can be said about the Kennedy's they are nothing but HUMANITARIANS! Not any of them have become rich/wealthy through lobbyist's, whom controls Washington; they've been fighting for Civil Rights & EQUALITY, for ALL THE PEOPLE.

It's just Good, to know we have someone in Government who can't be BROUGHT OFF!
Why do you think Obama ran for President so soon, HE HATES that the Lobbyist's, Big Oil & Corporate America CONTROLS our country and the World! It's why Bill & Hillary are so pissed with him .... BECAUSE HE DID NOT "WAIT" HIS TURN, and NOT EXPERIENCE ENOUGH, give me a break! Well, we see what she and her husband got us; lost jobs, and a bad economy!

Bill Clinton, is just as GUILTY as the Repukes because of NAFTA, relaxing REGULATIONS, and the Fair Doctrine Act!

I HOPE Caroline gets the job, so we can have at least a PEEK at, and REMIND US, what it's like to have someone HONONABLE, HONEST, LOYAL, and FAITHFUL to the America People!

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The principle question for me in who Gov. Paterson should appoint to be my Senator for two years is the strength of the person's commitment to Barack Obama's vision of change, and his or her ability to remind Obama of who he is despite pressure from inside the beltway interest groups and from the conventional wisdom of the permanent government.

My impression is that Caroline Kennedy is such a person who will bring a fresh voice to the Senate with unusual clout for a short term replacement.

Primary voters statewide will decide in less than two years based on her record whether she is the right Democrat to be the candidate to hold the seat.

John McAuliff, Irvington, NY

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Albeit there were elections
our U.S. forefathers really wanted something ressembling royalty, no? Had G.W. had sons they would also have been ready from day one. Privilege and noblesse oblige
have been hallmarks of the Senate and unless the
good readers understand that --- we'll continue being astonished that many offspring of powerful politicos are just waiting in the wings to reach age 35 in order to run for the upper house or for the Presidency.

The Governor of Illinois was thinking (maybe) --
it's cheaper in the long run for an office seeker to pay me $1,000,000 for an appointment than to go through the rigmrole of paying agents, tv companies and a host of pollsters, hucksters to gain prominence and to prove his/her self qualified and pay lots more. And what is the Governor of New York angling for? Gov. Patterson ascended to the office because of Elliot Spitzer shennanigans. New Sheriff in town, bahda bing? Who better knew of Spitzer's capers than his close cronies - and that he paid by a paper trailing him. Putz and yutz that he is, Spitzer slipped in his own ----- And who was looking for not only a U.S. Senatorial appointment in Illinois. Could that have been an insider? Now Land of Lincoln needs not only a Senator, but a Governor... the incumbent hoisted by his own petard. There have been several weeks since Nov. 4th. Lots of time for an auction to take place in Illinois. Less time since Sen. Clinton's New York seat became available for some angling and
an auction that has players (Mrs. Schlosberg among them) entering the lists.

N.B. Currently there is 3% of the $$US Senate unseated for the next term. And more Presidential appointments will take more auctions.

So to return to the question of Caroline Kennedy's qualifications -- In the words of most Governors "If you've got the money, I've got the time!"

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Let's hope not. It appears that the main qualifications to be a senator or any other high post, is that you must be a ruthless, murderous, and thieving psychopath.

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It's been ONE MONTH since she appeared in public - at the Kennedy Center Honors. If she wants the NY Senate seat, and she's made clear she does by pressuring Patterson, why the hell isn't she SPEAKING to New Yorkers?!

Oh, I forgot. She's a KENNEDY. She should just be placed in the position. What an insult.

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Beck,

I agree. What difference does her last name make? All that matters is whether she can do the job well. From all the postings here there seems to be some debate about her ability to act in the best interests of New York. And what is the content of her character? Until that's settled, the nay-sayers are showing what seems like a petty jealousy regarding the Kennedys.

Indeed, experience isn't always the best criteria. Many have done quite well gaining OJT experience. Maybe she can too. Look at all the extra help she'll get.

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certainly Caroline Kennedy is imminently qualified for Hillary's vacant Senate seat, she certainly has more than enough money to buy it - she'll be one more famous Kennedy, another hero.

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To me, lack of experience in government is a PLUS these days. I want newcomers (even with her familiar name, Caroline is a newcomer to politics). The more experience one has in politics, the more corrupt one tends to be. I don't see any exceptions to that rule. Fresh blood is welcome, and Caroline, as a political neophyte, is fresh, untainted and will not sully her family's good name. Put her in there.

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but what are her qualifications exactly? The article didn't really present any!

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Qualified? This is a government "of the people, by the people and for the people." All she has to do to be qualified is be a "people." To even bring up the question of "qualifications" is to imply that our government should be run by professional politicians. Bullsh*t!

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but failing that, I'd like the next senator, who will only be in office for 2 years before a special election is held to fill out the final 2 years of Senator Clinton's term, to be someone who can point to a substantial resume of real world achievement, either in the legislative arena, business or social service. Not someone who has always been rich and sheltered and whose achievements are in large measure a result of her name and family connections.

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The crowd that put this country together hardly had track records. And I don't think for a minute that thy foresaw a professional legislature with career tracks and CEO salaries that they could vote for themselves whenever they were short. So what do you mean by qualifications?

Name value, maybe. But maybe not having a POLITICAL track record can be good. Perhaps Ms. Kennedy-Schlossberg is a good choice simply because of her heretofore avoidance of the spotlight.

After all, isn't it "QUALIFIED and EXPERIENCED" politicians who have gotten un into this mess?

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As I understand it, New York Governor David Patterson, under the state constitution, has sole discretion on choosing a warm body to finish Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senatorial term.

Hell, Patterson could choose his dog or just appoint some homeless guy right off the streets of Albany.

If Patterson appoints Caroline Kennedy to finish Clinton's term, so what? Ms. Kennedy may be a very good interim U.S. Senator, she may be so good that, if she likes what she's doing, she may decide to run, and the voters of New York may decide to elect her. If Kennedy does a bad job in the Senate, she's outta dere!

Simple as that.

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Within one short press conference now there will be
4% of the U.S.Senate requiring replacement. This musical chairs game needs a new tune for the new New Deal, No? Nu?

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If one considers experience to be synonymous with qualification, then, no, I don't consider Ms. Kennedy to have enough relevant experience.

Is she intelligent? Undoubtedly so. Would she be able to get things done and to inspire others to do so as well? I think so.

So, I don't think sheer experience is the sole litmus test of whether a candidate is qualified to be Senator.

Do I think she could be a good Senator? I think it's quite possible, but I'd have to review the others who aspire to this position before I'd be able to judge whether she'd be the best person for the job.

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Remember the refrain "Since I heard your lilting laughter, it's your Irish heart I'm after"? Maybe it's my Celtic genes talking, but I think Caroline Kennedy IS qualified to be a Senator, right off the street. Why? Because of her intellect and political savvy, that's why. Consider some of the dunderheads in the Senate right now. Inhofe from Oklahoma and that gasbag Saxby Chambliss from Georgia come to mind. She's better at her worst than those nitwits at their best.

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After reading the article, I'm still not sure. That she can raise a lot of money? That she went to Ivy League schools? That her name is Kennedy....ahhh.. How about Andrew Cuomo, someone whose career and credentials put him miles ahead of her. Cuomo has earned it...

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She is more than qualified for the position. I wish this same question had been asked to that buffoon who has ruined the country for the past eight years and will use his last time to "white-wash" his failures, re-write history and continue to try and unravel environmental laws and human rights in the name of protecting the country, that have taken years to put into law with his "sighing-statements" and other methods to continue to screw up everything he touches.

Now that Cheney has admitted they gave the go ahead on the orders for torture and other things related to the Gitmo experience, one would think that Speaker Pelosi would finally have enough proof to start impeachment hearings on both Bush & Cheney. Don't count on it, she is spineless. One can only hope that the Obama administration sets the wheels in motion or the world court brings these two up on the appropriate charges of War Crimes and Torture.

Caroline Kennedy would never have done this to our country. She has brains and I wonder when we will ever learn that Republicans are into image and not much on substance.

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"The image of a US Senate graced by two Kennedys both bearing the flame of JFK and conjuring the era of Camelot presents a potent concoction of political magic at a critical juncture in American history now seemingly on the threshold of a resurgence of progressive energy and the promise of positive change in the Obama Era."

Like...are you for real? I can just imagine the starry-eyed way the author typed this...we live in a democracy, not a monarchy...what happened to no titles of nobility being bestowed upon Americans? That's what this smells like to me. Grotesque.

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This is obviously not a very critical or objective article.

Nevertheless, I don't care much about the dynasty thing. We can go around in circles forever debating whether money or family name matters in terms of ability to best serve the public good, or push a progressive agenda. As US politicians go, it's pretty clear that the record is mixed in terms of family name, social class, etc.

Just as a matter of personal taste, I'm fed up with all the folksy-right crap of GWB, Palin, Reagan, etc. At this point, I wouldn't mind some more northeastern, patrician, liberal elite blood, if only to piss the hell out of the folksy-right.

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If she wants to be taken seriously and seen as qualified, she HAS to drop the Kennedy and go under her married name. Caroline Schlossberg. Insist on it.

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I am a bit troubled by the fact political seats seem next to inherited in this country. And if you look at JFK's record, he had a lot more style than substance. Just because people might like her or her family does not mean she has enough experience to be a senator.

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She did not change her name when she married Mr Schlossberg. Just the act of getting married does not automatically confer the husband's surname upon the wife, whether or not she uses it, any more than Mr Schlossberg automatically acquired the "married name" of Kennedy just by marrying her.

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If you know anything at all about any of the Kennedys you know they live and breathe politics and discuss the pros and cons of all those now holding office in the Senate, House, and White House! Carolyn could give you resumes on all of them, I betcha! She is already more qualified than many of those presently occupying the Senate! She has LIVED with politics all her life - if's like second nature to her to want to carry on JFK's legacy, and I'm banking that she'll do just that if those in power have enough sense to back her for office!

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As the years drag me closer to the grave I've come to appreciate the political wisdom of the ancient Greeks who "elected" their senate by lot.
Its main virtue is that the state had to make sure that at any given moment the typical citizen was educated, mature and responsible enough to assume public office. That meant a serious political investment in cultural infrastructure and personal development to make sure every potential candidate could function responsibly in public office, from the cobbler's son to the baker to the olive oil merchant to the army private.
The flaw in our present Hamiltonian-Madisonian system is that "idiot sons of millionaires" (as our Senate is characterized) and their proxies seem to be the only ones able to raise the millions of dollars needed to run for the Senate.
If Ms Kennedy is minimally qualified (age, residency, citizenship), that should be the criteria for _running_. But that she should hold office due to being a "winner" in some cosmic, genetic lottery--which landed her as a "Kennedy"--is absurd.
Do 1776, British monarchy, etc., ring any bells?

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Vote One, Princess Caroline

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Even asking if an intelligent woman like Caroline Kennedy is qualified to be a Senator is the mark of someone who doesn't have much of consequence to say. This is the year many Americans actually voted for Sarah Palin....for Vice President. Please!

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Caroline Kennedy wouldn't be considered for local school committee without her last name. I'm so tired of plastic politicos and this wanna-be is a bust. This fawning article is nauseating and insulting to our intelligence.

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Article 1, Section 3, paragraph 3 sets out the qualifications to be a U.S. Senator:
"No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."
Caroline meets all three criteria: She is over 30 years of age; she has been a citizen of the U.S. for more than 9 years; and she has lived and is living in New York State.

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Although smart and, presumably, well-versed on the issues (and perhaps, therefore, overqualified for being governor of Alaska), she isn't the best choice, despite the fact that her having been a New York resident since 1964 actually puts her one up on the current occupant.

Her record in any sort of elected, or even appointed, office is very sparse. There is a two-year stint for the New York city Department of Education and that appears to be it. Her work up to this point has otherwise consisted of writing and serving on the boards of various non-profits. She has written two books on civil liberties that have been well-received.

Although she wouldn't necessarily be a bad senator, New York has better qualified people. Andrew Cuomo has executive experience at both the federal (HUD secretary) and state (Atty. General) level. He has run and won a political campaign for himself and worked for his father in politics. Thomas Suozzi has been in New York elective politics for sixteen years and seems to have done a decent job as Nassau County Executive (in addition to having the political chops to break the Republican machine that long ran things there). Byron Brown has served in the state legislature and is currently mayor of Buffalo. I believe there are others who have expressed interest as well.

It is worth mentioning that the person selected would have to run in 2010 to finish the term and again in 2012, when the term expires. However, having even a short stint in the Senate could confer the standard incumbent advantages.

For a snipped on the longish history of American political dynasties...

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Just shows how the anti-democratic Democrats are lemmings who cling to their politicians and political royalty because there is no substance in the political class or the rank and file.

I've totally lost any respect for 'progresives' if they accept this arrogant coup of the peoples' rights.

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CK doesn't vote:
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/556410

"It's for the little people, I am too busy rinning the art gallery" CK was quoted saying as she hurriedly left Nieman Marcus.

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What's her intent? Isn't this the real question? She's highly educated and intelligent. Is she qualified? Hasn't she managed massive amounts of money either on a personal level or as a fundraiser? Isn't this obvious? What else might we know about her? She came from one of the most famous American families, burdened from tragedy. What's most amazing about her is that she's down to earth, warm, and not at all snobby. So what is her intent after spending so many years avoiding the limelight and raising her children? I'll bet that her intent is, as she said,is to help direct our country into a different direction. I don't see her as a 'princess', if that was true, she'd be on some beach somewhere avoiding all of this. Our country is in trouble & the so called progressives who can't quite remember what the Kennedys represented might review the history. Caroline might not be perfect in some ways but she is in her own right an amazing testament to the courage of the human spirit. I listen to the talking heads asking if Caroline is tough enough to take the political world. Are they serious? Her life has been one of great triumph and terrible tragedy. And she's still standing and making her way. Caroline's intent is not to be 'crowned' like some neo-cons or neo-libs might say. She's unique in the fact that she has recognition, funding, and good will to win elections. Lucky for us, she seems like the real deal.

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