RE: Caroline On My Mind

I concur with Greg's hatred of nepotism. I'm no fan either, but in defense of Caroline let me explain my rather tepid support. New York is a big state, it is not cheap to run for statewide office. Media exposure in NYC is expensive and with so much bleed into CT and NJ it's also quite wasteful, add the cost of the media tours upstate and we're talking millions of dollars. Now remember, Clinton's replacement will have to run in the next cycle, 2010, as well as 2012 when Hillary's seat was originally up for re-election. So that's two statewide elections back to back. Both of which will probably face strong Republican competitors. Peter King from Long Island is already hinting at 2010. So basically, in order to win back to back elections the dems will need massive money and for better or worse the Nepotistic characteristics of her last name will help her greatly. The only person who shares name recognition in the same ballpark is Cuomo who I would also be happy to see appointed but he's currently playing the "I don't want it" game, but deep down, everyone knows he does.