Reply #24: And on top of Kennedy meeting all Constitutional criteria, I would [View All]

reassert that a progressive woman in the United States should be considered a plus and not a minus. I do not see any reason why we should not have more, rather than fewer, progressive women. For most of its history, the Senate was a boys club. Let's liven the joint up a bit.

Additionally I am enthused that Caroline Kennedy, were she to be appointed to that seat, would be a loyal and vigorous ally of the new president. Change is almost always an uphill climb and it seems to me that she would almost certainly be a strong supporter of Obama's agenda.

I think she would handily carry the statewide election in New York in both 2010 and 2012, not only on the basis of her political celebrity but also on the notion that fundraising, an unpleasant but necessary element of politics, would simply not be a problem for Caroline Kennedy.