Plenty of Politics on Caroline's Resume

She's never held public office, but this Kennedy is an inside operator
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 16, 2008 7:29 AM CST
Plenty of Politics on Caroline's Resume
In this May 12, 2008, file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and Caroline Kennedy pass each other during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.   (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Caroline Kennedy has never run for so much as dog catcher, and hasn’t even had a full-time job in years, so inevitably her desire to become a US senator has met with some skepticism. But Kennedy’s friends say her nonprofit work has made her a savvy inside operator with hands-on policy chops, the New York Times reports.

Kennedy has overhauled the New York public school system’s financing, helped pick Barack Obama’s VP, and convinced a Harvard panel to hire Nashville mayor Bill Purcell to head its politics institute. “She’s not shy about pushing people in a direction … in a way that people don’t even realize they’re being pushed,” said one member of that board. She also picked up campaign experience stumping for Barack Obama, which should help her explain her nontraditional qualifications. (More Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg stories.)

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