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...over a woman who has proven liberal credentials? Senate seats are won based on name recognition all the time. Carolyn Kennedy would be an awesome addition to the Senate - even if her name were Smith. The fact that she doesn't have a lot of elections under her belt shouldn't be a disqualifier - didn't we just elect a President based on the fact that he was a relative politic outsider? And you can't rationally argue that Kennedy is too much of an outsider to politics and too much of an insider because of her family. Well, actually, you can. You just did.
