What constitutes a "qualified" candidate?

[Call me Deacon Blues]

There's a comment on Daily Kos that burns my toast. They're talking about whether Lowell Wiecker should run against "Vichy Joe" Lieberman, and they mention one report that says some folks are encouraging Amy Brenneman to run against him. Who? You know the actress that starred in "Judging Amy". According to Kos, this is "a joke".

Why?

Because she's an actress? A woman? What? Frankly, I'm getting damned tired of seeing a sea of middle-aged white lawyers every time I turn on C-SPAN (and I'm a middle-aged white guy myself). Here's what Wikipedia says about the woman: (take with any salt you have handy)

Actress Amy Brenneman (born June 22, 1964 in New London, Connecticut) is best-known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. She was raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She graduated from Harvard University in 1987.

She starred as Officer Janice Licalsi in the television police drama NYPD Blue in 1993-1994 at the height of its popularity.

In 1999, Brenneman became creator and executive producer, as well as starred in the television series Judging Amy. Brenneman portrays a divorced, single mother working as a Family Court Judge in Hartford, Connecticut. The show's concept was based on Brenneman's mother's real-life experiences as a Superior Court Judge in the state of Connecticut. Judging Amy ran on CBS for six seasons and 138 episodes from September 19, 1999 to May 3, 2005 to good ratings.

Brenneman is married to movie director Brad Silberling, with whom she has two children.

Let's see, Harvard grad, actress, creator, executive producer (of a show that was extremely popular, though I never watched it), married, two kids, mother was a judge. Very high name recognition, almost certainly well-spoken. What exactly about this woman makes her not electable?

Now, I realize that every election is different, and that for this particular election, she might not be the best candidate, but that's not the point. The point is the flip way she's dismissed out of hand. Folks, if we ever want to get back to where we were, we must start thinking outside of the box (or maybe the beltway) in our policies, our methods, and our candidates.

Just sayin'

[bluethruandthru]

1. Someone should have dismissed Arnold

out of hand! What are his qualifications?

[GrumpyGreg]

2. One that breathes,unfortunately.