NY Senator Hillary Clinton’s nomination to US Secretary of State, by President-elect Barack Obama, will soon leave the NY Senate Seat open. Recently, Caroline Kennedy expressed interest in taking on the role of a US Senator for the state of New York. Caroline Kennedy is a part of the influential and historical Kennedy Family dynasty. If she is wins, she will have the same senate seat as the late Robert Kennedy, whom was assasinated in 1968, while he was running for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Her family has long been considered by many to have been America’s version of a Royal family.The American public has been following her trials and tribulations her entire life. Does Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, daughter to the late John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, have what it takes to be the next US Senator for New York?

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is the eldest surviving daughter of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.  She was just a child when her father was assinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.  She spent some of her childhood in the white house and has immediate relatives, whom also had served in public office. Her family and historical connection in US politics are invaluable, though in much respects, Caroline Kennedy has built a family career of her own over the years.

The Radcliffe graduate, worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  She is also a graduate of Columbia University law school.  She is a member of the bar in New York and Washington D.C.  She is also a member of the Commission of Presidential Debates and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She has a great deal of experience in law, education and politics. She has also contributed a great deal to charitable works, as well. She went on to publish many works in civil liberties.

Caroline Kennedy’s political views include a pro-choice stance, legalization of gay marriages, advocate for gun control and is in favor of restoring the ban on assault weapons.

Caroline Kennedy co-authored the following civil liberties books with Ellen Alderman:

• In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights In Action (1991)
• The Right to Privacy (1995)

Caroline Kennedy edited these New York Times best-selling volumes:

• The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2001)
• Profiles in Courage for Our Time (2002)
• A Patriot’s Handbook (2003)
• A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children (2005)

Caroline Kennedy wrote a collection of poems and prose called A Family Christmas.

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The Washington Post published an editorial debating the Caroline Kennedy’s potential seat on the NY Senate.