Caroline as Senator
As the debate whether Gov. David Paterson should appoint Caroline Kennedy as the next U.S. Senator heats up, many questions arise about her qualifications.
But to bluntly oversimplify her qualifications of philanthropy and law into one word, it would be her name.
As a Kennedy she would have the ability to raise money and awareness for the issues of New York State.
The fact that Kennedy has not had to pay her “political dues” does not really concern me.
The real questions I would like to know are not about her qualifications, but rather her intentions.
I want to know, why she has decided at this moment to enter politics, what her agenda would focus on as Senator, and how she plans on helping the economically depressed and bleak, upstate New York.
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