I agree with you - give these positions to those who deserve it...I am from Delaware and we gave ours to Bidens old Chief of Staff (if I remember correctly). He assures he will not run in 2 years for re-election to the prince Beau will have no problems getting daddy's old seat. Life in politics.

The OP articulates a lot that I wish I had said.
Although I did say I wanted RFK jr as Head of the EPA, he's pretty outspoken on the issue, and I suspect he'd be the best for the job- after all, he'll be hard to bribe. He's already loaded (that mad-phat boot-legging money from his Grampa) and he has vocally expressed his hatred for infamous polluters. That should satisfy the Kennedy hard-on.
If the Kennedys were smart, they should let her move back to MA and replace Ted when he dies. In Massachusetts, she won't have to fight for the seat- there's no serious Republican challenge, and no Democrat would be so suicidal as to run against the Dynasty.
I mean, I'm fairly sure they can make Arnie beat the shit of you, if you piss them off.

While I'm not wild about Caroline Kennedy getting Clinton's seat, nor am I wild about Biden's Chief of Staff, you already elected Beau Biden to statewide office, and by the time 2010 rolls around, he'll be able to add "Iraq vet" to his resume. It's not like it was going to be a hard race for him to begin with.

I agree - Beau already has the seat wrapped up...

This guy needs to be the next Asshole Fuck-Face....Gov of Illinois

Illinois Governor

Someone who's written one book on the Bill of Rights and another on the right to privacy? Yeah, you'd hate to see someone like that in the Senate:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11638713/

There you go, talking sense again.

I'm fast forwarding to 2010, I see Caroline Kennedy competing against Rudy Guliani, both in pink tutu, pirouetteing around a debate stage with Im So Pretty from West Side Story playing in the background. As an added bonus, some particularly rough looking Officer Krumpsky types will make a cordon with upraised batons, covered in shit for Rudy to prance beneath while Sugar Plum Fairy plays, him randomly shouting "nine-eleven" from his heavily powdered and rouged face.

Tickets - can haz???

Cirque des Folies: les Politiciens Surréalistes
Joie, Terreur, Mystère

Tickets are going on sale now for the maximum allowable contribution.

While I agree with the ideal that elected officials should come up from the ranks and be experienced campaigners, the reality is that our politics and government are suffused with family dynasties and has been for 219 years. All of these families - Republican and Democrat - own homes and properties in Westchester County and other satellites, and decide the fate of nations during lulls at the polo match or the regatta. There are any number of persons that are doubtless more deserving than Caroline, but the name Kennedy does in fact give her a sense of inevitability to be in politics. As dynasties go, I can think up many family names that would be far less palatable than Kennedy, for all the baggage that comes with it. As a person, I think she'd be OK.

Case in point: Jeb Bush will run for Senate in 2010, and he will win. If I were a Kennedy, I'd put money on it.

Here is the solution:

A minority, lesbian, mormon democrat.

That would fuck up everyones head and we would have endless cable news coverage of it!

If we're allowed to suggest imaginary characters, you could come up with far cooler candidates. I vote for Optimus Prime.

I love Higgins. I'm from Buffalo. That son of a bitch never combs his hair, but he's a good fucking man. And I bet you wouldn't catch him with a prostitude either.
Read up on the fellow. He's not a total wanker.

I just came across a story that Fran Drescher wants the job. I thought it was a joke until I saw this newsbit from the AP. Is she really involved in politics?

howz about an election?!

you know, candidates, debates, universal sufferage

and something for CNN to do