It’s looking more and more like Caroline is just a redneck (of the unenlightened variety) in Kennedy clothes. She’s all like, you know, trying hard to stutter her way into an undeserved Senate appointment in New York but is alienating the upper crust along the way.

The attacks on Kennedy’s awkward speech are reminiscent of the attacks against Sarah Palin after John McCain chose her to run for vice president.

The differences between Kennedy and Palin, however, are that: 1) Palin’s folksy ways won her the admiration of the folks at the same time that it alienated snooty liberals; and 2) as a current governor and former mayor/councilwoman, Palin actually knows a thing or two about governing. She was not, like Kennedy, a spoiled rich kid looking for a new hobby and expecting an appointment based on a sense of entitlement. Palin has earned every political job she has held.