The people were very interested to find out that  Senator Schumer reported that one of the Kennedy children is very interested in the open senate seats. The senator schumer said that Caroline Kennedy is one of 12 different people interested in taking over. If Caroline does get the seat this would be a continuation of her family legacy.  Governor Paterson can appoint a replacement who would later be in a special election in 2010. Caroline is 51 years old, and has expressed a lot of interest in filling the New York senate seat that Hilary Clinton has left open. Kennedy has talked to the Governor already and discussed having a seat down meeting with him to talk about what she could bring to New York.

 

Kennedy is going to have some tough competition though because New York Attorney General has also expressed interest in the position.  It does help Caroline though that she has deep roots in New York.

 

“But in January, she backed a political candidate for the first time, announcing her endorsement of Obama during the Democratic primary season with an op-ed in The New York Times that drew days of the kind of media attention she has spent her life avoiding.”

 

“I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them,” she wrote. “But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.”

 

“Apparently, she has acquired a taste for politics,” Schneider noted. “She wants to be part of this new regime in America, clearly playing a key role in the Senate if she gets that appointment.”

 

What is your opinion of another Kennedy in office? Do you think she is qualified?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/15/kennedy.senate/index.html