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Article: With 47 years in Senate, Ted Kennedy came to embody patience of politics
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- At the Democrats' 1960 convention in Los Angeles
that nominated John Kennedy, his 28-year-old brother Ted was
standing with the Wyoming delegation when it sealed the victory. Ted
Kennedy was then a sibling for minor missions. He would become the
most consequential brother.
His two political brothers were young men in a hurry: John
Kennedy became the youngest elected president at 43; Robert Kennedy
died at 42, seeking the presidency as soon as possible after the
murder of his brother. Ted Kennedy came to embody the patience of
politics. Charisma is less potent than the smitten imagine;
endurance is not sufficient but necessary.
There is the arithmetic of the Constitution and ...