Ted, who won a Senate seat in 1962 with his brother in the White House, would have been laughed off the field if he had a different last name.

“If your name was Edward Moore instead of Edward Moore Kennedy, your candidacy would be a farce.”

In the context of an appointment, that looks a lot more like the kind of pay-for-play politics that we saw in Illinois

Pikers! Pikers, I say — here in NJ, pay-to-play is legalized bribery.

Ted, who won a Senate seat in 1962 with his brother in the White House, and would have been laughed off the field if he had a different last name.

What in a name, a difference makes.

Ted twern’t Jack.

That’s not all that’s different. Does Kurtz actually think GWB would have been an “instantly plausible presidential candidate” if he hadn’t been Governor of Texas first?

As for Caroline, the public loves her because she kept a low profile and stayed out of politics. I wouldn’t mind seeing Camelot take its rightful place in the dustbin of history, and I believe Caroline’s popularity would take a serious hit — if it weren’t for a singular advantage she shares with Obama. Caroline is a media darling and the press will maintain a respectful distance at every conceivable turn. If you’ve heard anyone ask her a single question, or even mention Mr. what’s-his-name and their children, please raise your hand.

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The Washington Post is the house organ of Congress and the Democrat National Committee.

NoDonkey on December 17, 2008 at 8:30 AM

… and not the kind of organ that plays music, but the kind that shrinks in the swimming pool.

So it’s not like Andy would come charging into Washington demanding Chris Dodd ‘fess up on his Countrywide loan scandal. And the New York State Legislature and the New York City Council either are full of high-profile Dems too corrupt to pass muster with the voters in an actual statewide election (Sheldon Silver), or they’re angling for an even higher-profile position of NYC mayor next year (Carolyn Maloney might be a compromise Senate pick; but it’s not as if she’s done anything that notable while in Congress the past 14 years, and the only reason she got the seat in the first place was because her husband was one of the victims of the 1993 Long Island Railroad massacre, which puts her only marginally ahead of Caroline Kennedy’s justification for appointment to higher office).

Howard Kurtz, one of my favorite media analysts,

Actually the only people who do purposeful media analysis in this country are Rush Limbaugh,James Taranto, a group of bloggers that include Mickey Kaus and Ed Driscoll, and Kathleen Hall Jamison at the Annenberg School.

Kurtz is a media columnist; that is, he covers the media like an entertainment beat, he certainly doesn’t analyze it in any serious sense of the word.

What do all of the above have in common, and Caroline Kennedy does not? All of them were elected to their positions.

Getting elected is for chumps.

We’re Kennedy’s!

That’s the democrat party with Kennedy.

Hey libs, your man John F. Kennedy was a conservative hawk, and was killed by a communist named Lee Harvey Oswald.

I can’t even imagine the layers and layers of self-deception that liberals must struggle under to get through the day here in reality land.

Change!

Brat on December 17, 2008 at 9:02 AM

FIFY