It may be too late to stop the Caroline Kennedy juggernaut. But, sooner or later, New York Democrats will have to ask how – despite decades of House delegation dominance – they found themselves in the position of needing a Clinton or Kennedy to preserve a Senate seat. Where are the apparent losers that they’ve been nominating for safely gerrymandered House seats all these years – the folks who were supposed to be the next generation of statewide leaders? Without this soul-searching, New Yorkers may soon realize that they have been re-electing clowns biennially for far too long.
Or, so one can hope.
Don’t worry. If Jeb Bush decides to run for Senate, it will become an issue.
Caroline Kennedy? Senator?
But isn’t Brittney Spears available?
If you are famous and have the big D behind your name you are good to go.
Ole Caroline won’t even have gotten her seat by cashing in on her name with voters. Political appointment of the ruling class. Once she’s given the seat, re-election is that much easier.
That’s how we got Kwame. His mom gave him her seat.
Three words: Senator Ashley Dupre.
Once you’ve gone carpetbag, you never go back. I mean, it’s not like poor leadership leads to disasterous consequences anyway. Not in America.
THe Blagovich senate-seat sell-off does sort of take the gleaming lacquer finish off a Caroline Kennedy “appointment”. People will wonder what she paid for it
Yet, if conservatives have nothing to offer up when she eventually stands for election, whose fault will that be?
The Repubs have their Elizabeth Doles and Alan Keyes, but I agree that the whole name recognition currency has become over-inflated.
Sad thing about Jeb Bush is that he was actually, unlike his brother, a good governor and a overall good civil servant. He was so effective a centrist you’d have hardly known he was a Republican when held office in Florida. Today I don’t think he can get elected because of his last name.
Bush was an excellent governor. Texas is in pretty good shape unlike California which is risible and third worldy and could have used a Bush as governor instead of a worthless climate change movie star pansy I think.
This woman has done absolutely nothing to warrant appointmemt to a senate seat, save for being born into the northeast political aristocracy, being fabulously wealthy, and working for O! during the election…
Well, that cinches it, absolutely qualified as you can see…
How about appointing someone who has actually been elected at some point in time by residents of New York..?
I guess Patterson has to find someone less qualified for office than Obama was … for the contrast.
SarahW,
I’m the last conservative left in New York. I’m gone when I get laid off or retire, whichever coes first.
It’s like Illinois. The big city has the votes. The rest of the state can lump it. They drove the industry out in the 60s and 70s. Wall Street was nice and clean and provided all the cash. Who needs icky manufacturing?
Now the jobs are as prison guards for the NYC inmates, or teachers. One benefit is that you can’t find a traffic jam around here – there aren’t enough people left to have one.
Change the state motto from Excelsior to Excrement, because this place is over.
Maybe she could offer HOPE and CHANGE.
The Van Burenites started the class war populist trend in NY almost 200 years ago…Needing the votes to overcome whig dominance of politics, thay began to have large whiskey parties in the bowery, and enlist gangs to, *ahem*, influence peoples vote for their candidates…
I live in the NYC area, on Long Island. I never thought I would life somewhere that was more corrupted or controlled by the Democrat machine than when I lived in Maryland near DC; where the government employees joined all of the minorities in electing a long stream of Democratic caonressional and Senatorial representatives…
I was wrong…
If anyone had a C.V. like Ms. Kennedy, but were a Republican, we’d be hearing the non-stop litany and drumbeat from the MSM about a silver spoon aristocracy…
I say anybody but a Kennedy…
Caroline is qualified, Sarah Pallin- not so much
I dunno why we just don’t do away with even allowing proles to run for public office. We can simply say all those who hold office merely appoints their successor. Like the NORKS and Cuber.
Its God’s natural laws to have Kennedy’s in Congress.
But those Bush boys? They’re the devil! They’d be runnin’ all over Washington County, bein’ chased by Boss Reid and Sheriff Pelosi, jumpin’ their Dodge Charger over the reflectin’ pool, and causin’ all sorts of ruckus!
Can’t have that.
Doesn’t Ken Salazar have a brother currently serving in the House? Oh, my. Lookee! Ready made Senator! And we only have to change three letters for four on the office door! Cost savings! Best of all, this guy has actually run for office and won!
Caroline Kennedy, possibly Al Franken, Hillary Clinton, Claire McCaskill … I guess we can sandblast “The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” off the walls and just put “Clowns and Relatives/Spouses Meeting Room”. Of course, we’ll have to have the medical wing for Tim Johnson, Ted Kennedy and The Grand Kleagle.
Well, she does have the right skill set..
Conservatives should pray for her appointment. Republicans will need lots of help from Democrats if they are going to compete any time soon. Appointing a washed up junior leaguer to the Senate because of her family name will alienate plenty of people who typically vote Democrat. Republicans still need to rebrand themselves in states like NY, but idiotic moves like this are a great opportunity to pick up disenchanted independents.