"We don't do birthright in this country," said Kathleen Parker in The Washington Post, "except when we do." So it's no big shocker that Caroline Kennedy is officially interested in filling Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. "Does she deserve it? Not really. Does that matter? Probably not."
Kennedy's lack of experience in elected office makes many people queasy, said Charles Mahtesian in Politico, but "dynasty politics" is nothing new in this country. She'd replace Clinton, the wife of a former president, in a Senate that already includes six sons or daughters of former members of Congress. So don't discount her chances, "even if she does come wrapped in a legendary political name."
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