Joe Klein doesn’t want Caroline Kennedy appointed:
If nothing else, Barack Obama’s transition demonstrates his intent to launch an era of Real Serious Governance. He has chosen well outside the standard political fast-food menu in some cases–…[Steven] Chu, the Secretary of Energy comes to mind. And I’d hope that Governor David Paterson might consider a similar sort of selection–an honorary, non-political (but Democratic) appointee, a person of real, world-class, distinction who would never normally serve in the Senate, to grace the seat until the next election–if he hasn’t already been bum-rushed into the Kennedy coronation.
The Dish 