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People. >> the presidency is not elected to be the protector of the faith. >> and he essentially said to the people of america, i know you're a more tolerant country than to let the simple fact of my faith stop you from voting for me. >> jack defies all odds and wins the critical west virginia primary. he arrives at the democratic national convention in los angeles exuding confidence. >> i don't think that there has been a more anticipated candidate at the democratic national convention since jfk and definitely not before him. >> he was fresh. he was attractive. he was charismatic. >> everybod...

U.s. senate. but in jack's first appearance on national television, he seems undecided. >> are you going to run? >> well, i think that we have a good chance at carrying massachusetts in 1952. and i'm seriously considering running. i'm not sure yet what exactly i'm going to do. it's still a year away. >> jack felt the pressure. i think papa really wanted him to go for the top. and that was it. >> in the 1950s, it would be unheard of in the united states for anyone with presidential ambitions to think of running as an unmarried man. it was absolutely essential in joe kennedy sr.'s mind that jack...

>> daddy was organized, he was straightforward, he held people accountable. and jack liked that. >> sometimes in politics you need somebody to be the bad cop. bobby was willing to be the bad cop. >> the charismatic jack, with his enforcer brother bobby, defeats henry cabot lodge to win the senate seat. >> kennedy wins what was one of the biggest upsets in maybe the state's political history. >> it was jack's victory in 1952 that gave kennedy the idea that he, in fact, could win the presidency. >> but if senator kennedy wants to make the white house his own, he needs to follow his father's advi...

Years after arriving penniless in boston. the kennedys are now the most powerful family in the world. >> as a catholic it was something quite remarkable. but john f. kennedy was an inspirational figure, whatever your faith. >> it is the climax of one of the closest, most dramatic elections in american history. >> we were there, smiling and hugging each other. a guy not favored to win, and he won. what a result. >> the election may have been a close one, but i think that there is general agreement by all of our citizens that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move th...

>> are you going to run? >> well, i think that we have a good chance at carrying massachusetts in 1952. and i'm seriously considering running. i'm not sure yet what exactly i'm going to do. it's still a year away. >> jack felt the pressure. i think papa really wanted him to go for the top. and that was it. >> in the 1950s, it would be unheard of in the united states for anyone with presidential ambitions to think of running as an unmarried man. it was absolutely essential in joe kennedy sr.'s mind that jack be married. >> jack's pal, charles bartlett, plays matchmaker inviting jack and a femal...