Ms Kennedy - daughter of former President John F Kennedy - broke weeks of silence on her bid, by giving a series of interviews at the weekend.
But she was criticised for being unknowledgeable on key policy areas, being unable to articulate why she was seeking public office for the first time - and even for possessing a verbal tic.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Under the headline "Caroline Kennedy no whiz with words", the New York Daily News mimicked Ms Kennedy's speech pattern during the round of interviews.
"Caroline Kennedy, you know, might need, you know, a speech coach, um, if she, you know, wants, um, to be a senator," the paper said.
Totting up the number of "verbal tics" during its 30-minute interview, the paper counted "you know" more than 200 times... and added that "'um' was fairly constant, too".
Asked if President George W Bush's tax cuts on the wealthy should be repealed immediately, Ms Kennedy replied: "Well, you know, that's something, obviously, that, you know, in principle and in the campaign, you know, I think that, um, the tax cuts, you know, were expiring and needed to be repealed," the paper reported.
It consulted experts to give their opinion on her speaking manner. One said it was not necessarily an indication of weakness or doubt, just inexperience. Another advised her to get coaching, to pause more often, and "to listen to her father".
Columnist Michael Goodwin wrote: "The wheels of the bandwagon are coming off. Fantasy is giving way to inescapable truth. That truth is that Kennedy is not ready for the job and doesn't deserve it. Somebody who loves her should tell her."
NEW YORK POST
The New York Post also counted up the number of times Ms Kennedy said "you know" during its interview - 235 times in 41 minutes - "which works out to saying the phrase once every 10.5 seconds," it said.
The speech expert it consulted described it as a "very, very common" verbal tic called a "vocalized pause," and said it was a "Kennedyism" as demonstrated by her uncle.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press said "Kennedy offered no excuses for why she failed to vote in a number of elections since registering in New York City in 1988".
"I was really surprised and dismayed by my voting record," she told AP. "I'm glad it's been brought to my attention."
AP reported that "since word of her interest leaked out in early December, Kennedy has faced sometimes sharp criticism that she cut in line ahead of politicians with more experience and has acted as if she were entitled to it because of her political lineage".
In response, Ms Kennedy said: "Anybody who knows me knows I haven't really lived that way. And I think that in my family, I come into this thinking I have to work twice as hard as anybody else. Nobody's entitled to anything, certainly not me."
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NY Governers, like this in many other states, are free to choose anyone they like, but NY is not 'keeping it classy' but annointing this light weight into a seat someone should at least fight for. Great, her dad got his brains sprayed all over her mom's pink Chanel and her brother died in a plane crash before he could be the chosen one, let's make her a Senator.
Hypocricy:
2 or 10 | This shit is being par for the course for Dems and GOP but at least 43, Jeb, and Hillary got themselves elected! Screw your Murkowskis, Kennedy and Biden (ok, they are just trying to set that last one up)
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