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But i think it could be a greater country. and this is a powerful country, but i think it could be a more powerful country. >> his answers were so crisp and clear and confident. his body language was so powerful, whereas nixon, it wasn't just that he's sweating or needed to shave or something, but he was so antsy and uncertain. >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> kennedy never had to answer that question, am i serious enough or am i equal to this guy who's had eight years in the white house? >> kennedy and nixon slug it out for six more weeks in ...

Behind them. >> joe sr. has lost his favorite son, joe jr., his favorite daughter kick, and yet for a family that's endured so much tragedy, they don't look like it. they look like they're at play all the time. >> 25-year-old aspiring attorney robert kennedy has given the dynasty its newest member. >> bobby marries ethel skakel who give s birth to the first grandchild of joe and rose kennedy, kathleen. >> john, known as jack, is eight years older than bobby and at 34 is in his third term as a congressman, yet he still leads a bachelor's life. >> jack was having a lot of fun not being married. ...

Powerful mayor of chicago. and he had a relationship with joe kennedy. >> so jack gets daley on the phone, and mayor daley says we're going to win illinois with the help of a few close friends. >> there are stories to this day that dead people voted in chicago. there is no doubt that the daley machine helped the kennedys. but whether it engaged in massive fraud or not i think remains to be seen. >> back in hyannis port, the kennedys wait and wait. >> in the still of the night, the secret service moved in. and when they saw the secret service surrounding the kennedy houses, they knew that they ...

Lyndon johnson. bobby kennedy despised lyndon johnson. they were like dogs with the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> joe kennedy didn't feel that way. he was looking in strategic terms at the map and realized that his son needed texas. >> so the two brothers tapped lyndon johnson to be jack's vice presidential running mate. and they did that for one reason. they were going to do anything it took to get jack elected president. >> first kennedy must beat one of the most experienced politicians in america, republican nominee and sitting vice president richard nixon. friends, colleag...

>> the west virginia primary is a make or break moment for the kennedys. >> jack kennedy had to show that he could win in a state that was 98% protestant. >> if you could win in west virginia, you could prove that a catholic could win. >> jack and bobby made a brilliant strategic decision, which was rather than let the issue of his catholic faith fester in the background, they were going to take it on head-on. >> for the past months and years, i have answered almost daily inquiries from the press about my religious views. >> he described that he didn't have a religious test when he went in the...