Clearly, Caroline Kennedy, an important early supporter of President Barack Obama, is in this category. Indeed, her backing for Obama in the Democratic Party primaries in 2008, when he was still a relatively unknown senator from Illinois, gave his campaign credibility among party insiders who remain loyal to her family’s legacy.
第三类来自总统的政治任命，如谢佛（Thomas Schieffer）是小布什的前商业伙伴；罗斯（John Roos）是前硅谷律师。显然，作为奥巴马重要的早期支持者，卡洛琳·肯尼迪也属于这一类。事实上，她在2008年民主党预选时就支持奥巴马，当时他还只是个相对无名的伊利诺伊州参议员。卡洛琳使奥巴马的竞选赢得了仍忠于肯尼迪家族的民主党内人物中间的信誉。