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Article: Kennedy Evokes JFK in Obama Endorsement.(Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- January 28, 2008
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Byline: Liz Halloran
Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Obama could give the campaign a boost
They made a powerful entrance--the white-maned political war horse, built like a refrigerator box and moving tentatively on balky legs, and the lean, young Democratic presidential candidate who stayed at his elder's side as they wound their way through a tumultuous crowd.
The symbolism was apparent and intentional: Sen. Edward Kennedy, 75, scion of the country's most famous political family and brother of a slain U.S. president who once electrified the country, invoked his brother's words today at American University. The time had come, he said, to pass ...