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Kennedy stumbles in Senate bid
Caroline Kennedy's foray into politics has been anything but smooth -- initially avoiding the media, and then admitting that she has rarely voted.
In American politics the Kennedy name is like royalty. But despite having a father who was president and two uncles who serve as senator, Caroline Kennedy’s foray into politics has been anything but smooth.
Initially avoiding the media, and then admitting that she rarely voted, or raised money for democratic candidates in her home state of New York, or recently she gave answers to questions in an interview of the influential New York Times, that the paper described as elusive（逃避的）.
The Brooklyn Institution Steven Hess, “If she can’t take it clearly, she shouldn’t be running. So it’s a good thing in a way that she has a month to campaign for this job. Will, if she’s made of a certain stuff.”
The fifty-one-year old Kenney who has never run for office, never held a nine-to-five job, and has never sought the limelight（出风头） as hoping to succeed Hillary Clinton as the junior senator from New York. But the decision will not rest with voters. Instead, New York governor David Paterson was selected Clinton’s replacement. And he is purely annoyed about all the Kenny’s speculations.
“Every day we will read these quotes, these sources close to this one and that one. And this one is your friend and that one won’t be a friend of yours, sounding more like the prelude to a high school prom(正式舞会)than the choosing a United States senator.”
In fact, campaigning for into a position so publicly is rare. Most campaigning happens behind closed doors. But with her political lineage Caroline Kennedy is not your run-of-the-mill(非经选拔的, 非精选的)candidate, and while members of both parties continue to raise questions about her qualifications for the job, Caroline Kennedy only has to convince one person that she is ready and able to be New York’s next senator.
John Decker, Reuters
