N.Y. Republicans Slam Caroline Kennedy
As the daughter of Camelot bids for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, New York Republicans launched a full-out attack on the potential appointee on CBS' Face The Nation this morning.
"We've seen the Senate sort of become a House of Lords," Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., former chairman of the NRCC, told Bob Schieffer. "We are seeing a seat-warmer in Delaware, a seat-seller in Illinois, and we are making seat cushions in New York for sort of an aristocrat, royalty and entitlement coming in here."
Reynolds also noted that during her last visit to blue-collar Buffalo, Kennedy arrived in a foreign SUV and left in a Jeep.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who has publicly made clear his intention to run for Clinton's seat in 2010, said that in New York "the last thing we need is a People Magazine celebrity as our United States Senator, especially someone who has no experience, as far as I know, has never held a real job and now it's come out she hasn't voted."
King warned that if Kennedy wins the nod from Gov. David Paterson over other prospects, including several sitting Congressmen and women, "there is going to be magnifying glass on her," and "the Republican candidate in 2010 will have a better opportunity against Caroline Kennedy than against the others."
Though admitting she is an attractive candidate, even N.Y. Democrat Rep. Gary Ackerman was guarded about Kennedy: "DNA can only take you so far in the business," he said.
"We've seen the Senate sort of become a House of Lords," Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., former chairman of the NRCC, told Bob Schieffer. "We are seeing a seat-warmer in Delaware, a seat-seller in Illinois, and we are making seat cushions in New York for sort of an aristocrat, royalty and entitlement coming in here."
Reynolds also noted that during her last visit to blue-collar Buffalo, Kennedy arrived in a foreign SUV and left in a Jeep.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who has publicly made clear his intention to run for Clinton's seat in 2010, said that in New York "the last thing we need is a People Magazine celebrity as our United States Senator, especially someone who has no experience, as far as I know, has never held a real job and now it's come out she hasn't voted."
King warned that if Kennedy wins the nod from Gov. David Paterson over other prospects, including several sitting Congressmen and women, "there is going to be magnifying glass on her," and "the Republican candidate in 2010 will have a better opportunity against Caroline Kennedy than against the others."
Though admitting she is an attractive candidate, even N.Y. Democrat Rep. Gary Ackerman was guarded about Kennedy: "DNA can only take you so far in the business," he said.
