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in the state of oregon, do give jack an enthusiastic and overwhelming endorsement. when jack s senate seat came open in 1962, his father joe made the call, declaring that ted, all of 30 years old, would be the candidate. jack and bobby did not want ted to run for the senate. they felt he was too young. joe said, no, it s his turn now. he helped you. you help him. there are hot times brewing on the democratic political scene. at the state democratic convention, edward j. mccormick, 38-year-old nephew of house speaker mccormick, seeks the party nomination for senator. in a contest with edward ted kennedy. the kennedy operation swung into action dusting off jack s slogan from 1952, he can do more for massachusetts. ted won, but the joy of ted kennedy s triumph was sadly muted. prior to his triumph, joe senior suffered a debilitating stroke. ....
in 1946, 29-year-old jack ran for congress for massachusetts 11th district, cutting in front of local politicians waiting patiently for the seat to open. the year before he died, while beginning to dictate his memoirs, jack confessed to having been something of a carpetbagger. i was an outsider, really. i d never lived very much in the district. my family roots were there, but i d lived in new york ten years. on top of that, i had gone to harvard, not a particularly popular institution at that time in the 11th congressional district. the kennedy tactics in 1946 would be used in succeeding campaigns. one was an astute use of public relations, image building. joe sr. had been a hollywood mogul and knew how to promote. he basically was the one who took hollywood publicity techniques and applied them to politics. fortunately, joe sr. also had a good product to sell. ....
Much at stake. yet, facing taunts that he was a carpetbagger and haunted by the suspicion that the cheers were not for him but for his lost brother, bobby had trouble finding his political footing. what s the largest minority of hecklers you ve ever had? i don t know. he didn t want to trade on his brother s name. on the other hand, he didn t quite know what to say on behalf of himself. kennedy ended up defeating the popular incumbent senator ken keating by riding on lyndon johnson s long presidential coattails. but even as the new senator joined his younger brother ted on the hill, he was poised for higher office, and everyone knew it. the feeling of most of those who watched him was that his presidential years were almost inevitable. ....
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He s expanded it and probably passed more significant legislation than many presidents have. in 1957, jack kennedy was chosen to select the greatest senators in history. of course he could only look backwards. looking forward, he could ve included his youngest brother. he s willing to be bipartisan. i think he goes down in history as one of the all-time great liberal senators, democrat senators, no question about it. in january 2008, ted kennedy once more responded to the siren call of the white house, not for himself, but to support a presidential candidate who personified the kennedy vision, that legacy, that dream, that would never die. i know what america can achieve. i ve seen it, i ve lived it, and with barack obama, we can do it again. despite being challenged by a ....