• Good Choice by Caroline

  Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:26 PM | By Emily Yoffe
  
  
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  I agree, Noreen, that it's hard to believe her uncle's health is the reason Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn from consideration for replacing Hillary Clinton as a senator. His grave illness is the kind of thing that makes Kennedys want to make sure another Kennedy is ready to carry on the name. It seems more likely that in her brief foray into retail politics Caroline discovered that the bubble she has been able to put around herself and her family all these years was going to be permanently popped, and that it's also no fun being mocked by the press and pawed by the public. (I await news as to whether another reason for Caroline's withdrawal is that she found out Gov. Paterson wasn't going to appoint her.) Since Caroline doesn't seem to be temperamentally equipped with the coat of armor that Hillary Clinton possesses, I would be very surprised if Caroline stepped up later to actually run for the seat. I also hope that if Ted is unable to serve out the rest of his term his wife won't succeed him, as Kennedy has apparently requested. You can honor the service and sacrifice of the Kennedy family without buying into the notion that they are entitled by some hereditary right to two U.S. Senate seats.
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