an interesting idea... http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/20/caroline-kennedy-floated-for-vp/ Caroline Kennedy floated for VP Posted: 10:44 AM ET From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney Caroline Kennedy is heading up Obama's VP search. (CNN) – It's already happened once before: the person tapped to search for a vice presidential candidate assumes the position instead. Now, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is pushing for it to happen again — this time with Caroline Kennedy assuming the role of Dick Cheney. In an open letter to the famous political scion Wednesday tapped by Obama to find his No. 2, Moore expresses deep reserve with leading VP candidates Joe Biden and Evan Bayh because of their votes to authorize the Iraq war, and urges Kennedy to float her on name for the position. "What Obama needs is a vice presidential candidate who is not a professional politician, but someone who is well-known and beloved by people across the political spectrum; someone who, like Obama, spoke out against the war; someone who has a good and generous heart, who will be cheered by the rest of the world; someone whom we've known and loved and admired all our lives and who has dedicated her life to public service and to the greater good for all," Moore writes in the letter published on his Web site. "That person, Caroline, is you." Moore, who's 2004 movie Fahrenheit 911 hit theaters only months before that year's presidential election and led to John McCain's public rebuke of the film at the Republican convention, also makes a direct appeal for Obama to "step up and surprise us again." "Step up and be different than every politician we have witnessed in our lifetime," he writes. "Make Caroline Kennedy your VP. "Obama-Kennedy." Wow, does that sound so cool. The daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy formally backed Obama's White House bid only days before the Super Tuesday round of primaries on February 5. In an Op-Ed in the New York Times, Kennedy hailed the Illinois senator as a man who man who could be a "president like my father." In June, Obama formally asked her to help steer his vice presidential search, along with Washington power-players Eric Holder and Jim Johnson. Johnson later resigned that post after issues were raised over favorable mortgages from Countrywide financial.
I don't think she had much chance regardless (though she'd qualify as a "wow name"), but Moore wouldn't affect it. If Obama has decided he's going to take the risk and go this route, a letter from Moore a day or two before the announcement wouldn't have any impact. I proposed her about a month ago, but her big problem is experience with government (which fits the narrative about Obama). Beyond that, she would be a ridiculously good pick from an electoral perspective - gets Dems on board, brings back memories of JFK, could excite women, etc.
Caroline Kennedy is ready to be President of the United States of America? He's looking for a someone to understudy the most powerful position in the free world, not someone who would look interesting with him in a Vanity Fair photo spread. Michael Moore wrote that? That's nutty.
