The only question to ask of whether or not Caroline Kennedy is ready to be a US Senator is ask, “Would this be a question if she weren’t a Kennedy”?

The answer may be yes or no, but I would imagine that there would be more saying “No” than “Yes”.    Geraldine Ferraro agrees.

“Geraldine Ferraro gave a thumbs down to Caroline Kennedy’s bid for the Senate yesterday – even as the Camelot daughter won her biggest endorsement for the job, The Post has learned.

Ferraro, the first woman nominee for vice president, sent a letter to Gov. Paterson urging him to instead appoint one of New York’s six sitting female Congress members to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Senate.

At the same time, Brooklyn Democratic Party head Vito Lopez, who leads the biggest county party in the city, issued the first formal endorsement for Kennedy.

Ferraro said it’s not time for on-the-job training while New York faces a fiscal crisis.

“You can’t send someone down there who doesn’t know the issues,” Ferraro told The Post. “If you send someone down there who doesn’t know the legislative process, they’ll get chewed up alive.”

“Our senator should be ready on Day 1,” added Ferraro. “Just knowing people down there [in Washington, DC]? It’s just not enough.”

This all sounds too familiar…like, the questions around Sarah Palin.   Yet she mops the floor with Kennedy on qualifications.   But even so it’s fun to watch the left duke this one out, especially in light of the way they attacked Palin.

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