New York ? Caroline Kennedy’s bid to get appointed to the Senate and extend the Camelot dynasty has run into the bare-knuckle world of New York politics, where a backlash appears to be building against her.

Some politics-watchers have accused the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy of a series of missteps last week doing an upstate tour, when she evaded questions and in one case was hustled away by an aide after meeting with reporters for all of 30 seconds.

Some New York politicians, privately and publicly, have complained that Kennedy is jumping the line ahead of political figures with far more experience.

As the process has dragged on, political adversaries have had all the more opportunities to undercut her candidacy through various attacks.