Kennedys endorse Obama
WASHINGTON -- The keepers of the Camelot legacy - the family of President Kennedy, who inspired a generation of Americans with his soaring rhetoric before his assassination in 1963 - embraced Sen. Barack Obama for president today.
In a rousing speech at American University, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) called Obama, a freshman senator from Illinois, a leader "who can lift our spirits ... who has the power to truly inspire and make America great again."
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Both Obama and Clinton sought an endorsement from Edward Kennedy, who in 46 years in the Senate has become an icon. In addition to his status as a lion of liberal causes, Kennedy also has a vast network of political contacts. Just last October Kennedy was quoted as saying that it would be difficult to choose among the Democratic candidates. "I've got a lot of friends who want to be president," he said.
Kennedy had privately urged former President Clinton to temper his attacks on Obama, and was said to have been chagrined when Bill Clinton compared Obama's landslide Saturday in South Carolina to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's victories there in the 1980s.
Ignoring the hoopla over Kennedy's endorsement, Hillary Clinton today focused her criticism on President Bush. "Tonight is a red-letter night in American history," she said. "It is the last time George Bush will give the State of the Union. Next year it will be a Democratic president giving it."
I think this article is really interesting. I think its shows how influential people can really can affect something. Obama getting this endorsement could just send him over the top. I say this because the Kennedy's inspired a nation and people have alot of trust in their family. So by them backing Obama people may believe in him.
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