Caroline’s Stumbling Block: Qualifications
So no Caroline Kennedy in the Senate. The outcome isn’t as stunning as it may seem — the coup de grace was the release of polling results today showing New York Attorney General as the public’s choice for the seat.
Once the people’s preference was so stated, the chances of Governor David Patterson appointing the Camelot heiress came down to two: none and “you’ve got to be kidding.” The proposed appointment seemed anti-democratic from the start, given the fact that Ms. Kennedy had never stood before the voters. But elevating her in the wake of these poll results would have been seen as straight out stiffing the public.
Michelle Malkin argues that it was Ms. Kennedy’s “regal sense of entitlement that done her in. Dynastic expectations coupled with lack of public disclosure and questionable work ethics do not sit well with the American public.”
Certainly that was part of it. But I see something fairly healthy arising out of this: a public focus on qualifications for office. The comparison that killed Caroline’s chance was that between her and Sarah Palin. Clearly, conservatives (and other Caroline opponents) pointed out, if Ms. Palin, a sitting Governor with an 80 percent approval rating, was not qualified to be Vice President, then a woman with no elective experience of any kind and a paper-thin resume to boot should not be handed a Senate seat.
I never thought the qualifications issue was that big a deal when it came to Ms. Kennedy, who was more than smart enough to be a Senator, especially judging by the current crop. And I thought the qualifications issue was the biggest red herring in history when it came to the Sarahcuda. But that was the fault of the galactically incompetent McCain staff, who mismanaged the narrative around the budding political superstar.
Nevertheless, the people of New York thought differently. Now if only the American people — and especially the people of Minnesota — had applied the same high standards in selecting a President and in voting for a Senator, respectively.
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