Who says you can't run a campaign on CNN?

As many of you know, Caroline Kennedy is pushing hard to get the Senate seat from New York that was vacated by Obama's appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Kennedy has made no qualms about pining for the position. She is using her profile as JFK's daughter to attract copious amounts of media attention to build momentum and tie the hands of New York governor David Patterson.

This comes at a time that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been arrested on corruption charges for, among other things, attempting to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. I honestly believe that we should look at a constitutional amendment to change the way that vacant Senate seats are filled. Our constituion is based on the idea of checks and balances, and there is no check on executive authority when a single person is allowed to wield such power and influence.

I'm not sure why we don't have it already, but any time a seat is vacated, there should be a temporary appointment by an executive, and then an election by the people the Senator represents. I'd like to hear an argument against it... so if you disagree, let me know.