ALBANY, N.Y. — Caroline Kennedy’s bid to get appointed to the Senate has run into the bare-knuckle world of New York politics, where a backlash appears to be building against her.
Some politics-watchers have accused the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy of a series of missteps last week during an upstate tour, when she evaded questions and in one case was hustled away by an aide after meeting with reporters for all of 30 seconds.
At the same time, some New York politicians, privately and publicly, have complained that Kennedy is jumping the line ahead of political figures with far more experience.
On Wednesday, Gov. David Paterson said the bickering sounded “more like the prelude to a high school program than the choosing of a U.S. senator.”
“She’s a piñata now,” said Maurice Carroll, a longtime New York political reporter.
The Associated Press
