Qualified?

Now that Caroline Kennedy has declared her intent to seek Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, as the New York Times trumpeted today on its front page (note the headline!), the discussions of her "qualifications" have already intensified.

Has anyone bothered to check what these qualifications are?

Here's what is stated in Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 (Qualifications of Senators) of the U.S Constitution:

(1) No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years,
(2) and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States,
(3) and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

That's it, folks.

Note to the chattering classes -- left, right and center. Tell us what you really think. (Dump all that baggage you're carrying.)