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Caroline's every kind of Democrat
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Caroline Kennedy says she’s a “Clinton Democrat.”
This might come as a small surprise to Hillary Clinton, who stood by helplessly in the make-or-break Democratic primaries while Caroline and her Uncle Teddy grandly backed Barack Obama.
But don’t read too much into that little disconnect. Caroline’s also an “Obama Democrat” and a “Kennedy Democrat” and a “Schumer Democrat” and apparently a “Sharpton Democrat” too.
Now that she wants to be New York’s junior senator, Caroline will be whatever kind of Democrat she has to be, even if that means riding up to Lenox Avenue and sitting for a full cholesterol infusion with Democratic Reverend Al.
Oddly, she did fail to mention she’s a “Paterson Democrat.” Once reminded that Governor David gets to name Hillary’s Senate replacement all by himself, don’t expect that omission again from Caroline.
This label flexibility is possible only for a candidate, like Caroline Kennedy, who is a political blank slate, someone who has hardly ever had to take a public position on anything. Heck, she could be a “Blagojevich Democrat” if she chose to, although that might not be so helpful right now.
She was pleasant and poised as she stepped out of Sylvia’s Restaurant. But asked how she’s prepared to be a U.S. Senator, she fell back immediately on genealogy and her nice-person resume.
“I come at this as a mother, as a lawyer, as an author, as an education advocate and from a family that really has spent generations in public service,” she said.
Ah, families. There are families all over this mess. It isn’t often that three of America’s top Democratic clans — the Clintons, Cuomos and Kennedys — are all so intertwined in ambitions and resentment with all of them pretending to still be friends.
A quick review: The Kennedys sold out the Clintons. Hillary created the Senate-seat drama by signing on as Obama’s secretary of state. So Mario Cuomo’s son Andrew was the heir apparent – until Caroline, whose cousin Kerry divorced Andrew, decided she might want the job.
Pick your label: Aren’t families fun?
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