Why does Caroline Kennedy think she is qualified to be the senator of New York?

She's a Kennedy, DUH!

Just joking. Seriously, she can't do any worse than what their (the whole gaggle of them in Washington, no party excluded) doing now. At this point I am willing to try anyone who might has a lick of common sense.

Totally unqualified. Just being a Kennedy and getting special treatment to get a FREE ride into Harvard does not qualify you for squat! She is just a privileged girl who has produced NOTHING.

Patterson should demand a lot more the a measly $1,000,000,000.00 for the seat to go to an unqualified Kennedy. But that is the way of the world. California has had to make up dozens of B.S. high paying government jobs to GIVE to term limited or defeated State politicians. You can not tell me that they are even minimal qualified for these make believe positions!

Point at hand, Coral Migden Former Sate senator now appointed to some waste managementt board. Just plain B.S. with our money!

a million) individuals are nonetheless in love with the idea of Camelot. 2) She's charismatic 3) She's a Kennedy 4) She has a regulation degree for harvard (notwithstanding i do not recognize any enormous or significant circumstances she's been keen about) 5) She's a Kennedy 6) see a million,3,& 5

She's a Kennedy, and as such, she is qualified to do anything & everything. After all, everyone knows that The Kennedy's are "America's Royalty", and thus, we should all bow and kiss their hands whenever they appear in public. Did you see all the blubbering Liberals when JFK Jr. died in that plane crash?

At any rate, she is at least as qualified as Obama was to be President. Just goes to show you don't have to be qualified to be in politics, as long as you are wealthy and Liberal. I hear Obama has a place on his staff for Alex Baldwin, BaBa Streisand and Oprah.

She is a Kennedy the royal family of the United States of America.

She's got the ability to raise a lot of money for her 2010 campaign. A large war chest can significantly boost her ability to win upcoming elections in 2010 and 2012. Though considering New York is a dark blue state, I don't really see how Republicans could with a NY senate seat... but I live on the west coast so I guess I don't really know too much about east coast politics.

I also think her Star Power is a huge plus to her qualifications. Hillary Clinton's star power helped her significantly more than other Junior Senators.

This is from Wikipedia for her other qualifications:

Kennedy is an attorney, editor, writer and member of the New York and Washington, D.C. bar associations. She is one of the founders of the Profiles in Courage Award, given annually since 1990 to a person who exemplifies the type of courage examined in her father's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name. The award is generally given to elected officials who, acting in accord with their conscience, risk their careers by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or powerful pressures from their constituents. In May 2002, she presented an unprecedented Profiles in Courage Award to representatives of the NYPD, the New York City Fire Department, and the military as representatives of all of the people who acted to save the lives of others during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.[4]

From 2002 to 2004, Kennedy worked as chief executive for the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the New York City Department of Education. During this time, she helped raise more than $65 million for the city’s public schools.[3] She currently serves as the Vice Chair of The Fund for Public Schools, a public-private partnership founded in 2002 to attract private funding for public schools in New York City. [5]

In addition, Kennedy is currently President of the Kennedy Library Foundation,[3] a director of both the Commission on Presidential Debates and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Honorary Chairman of the American Ballet Theatre. She is also an adviser to the Harvard Institute of Politics, a living memorial to her father.

Its politics 101. Scratch my back and will scratch yours in return. I knew this was coming long time ago, the Kennedy's name surviving in the political arena is dependent on her being a senator and this is something she and her uncle was aiming for since they began supporting President elect Obama. The political corrupt grinding machine continue to give us more and more surprises on how politics is being run everywhere.

Are you from New York? Because I am guessing that most opinions here about this are from people that do not live in New York. If you aren't from New York then it doesn't matter what her qualifications are.

I happen to be from New York. I don't know what her qualifications are. I know she is good enough for the UN Ambassador job because everyone expected her to get that job. She is taking a risk by moving into the NY mindset. This is a defeatist state... she will be reduced to a beggar. I honestly don't wish that of her. She is walking through fire. If you do not have her courage then kindly shut your big mouth because you are not fit to judge anyone.

Qualification is not a trait of Democrats,

Reid Pelois, Etc

Obama was completely unqualified and was elected why not Caroline. Lets drive by a home depot and pick up our next immigration expert.