Caroline Schlossberg's Aspiration

JFK's daughter sees political office as her birthright. Maybe she ought to try school board, or city council, or county commissioners court before deciding she belongs in the US Senate. Even her dad started in the US House and paid his dues.

Would Caroline Kennedy be a contender for the New York's Senator's seat if she was merely Caroline Bouvier or Caroline Schlossberg? Of course not. But that is also true of every politician who has advanced on the coat-tails of his kin. George Walker would have never been elected president but George Walker Bush was elected. And I don't think a politician needs to pay his dues on the school board before he becomes a senator or a president. That, after all, was Jimmy Carter's path. At the end of the day, if you don't like who is in office, you can make your voice heard with your vote. That's the American way: Vox populi, vox dei.