Choosing Caroline Kennedy as Senator Might Send Wrong Message

by CODY LYON

While the name Kennedy certainly evokes a sense of political reverence, respect and legacy, the family, despite remarkable political accomplishment, has also come to represent an American dynasty of sorts, the oft clichéd version of our royalty.' And while there's nothing wrong with Americans expressing affection for the pomp, circumstance even the tradition associated with royalty, there is reason to question, show concern or perhaps raise flags when one's family genes provide an untested individual with a potentially easy pathway to national political office.

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