Kennedy Endorses Barack Obama
Kennedy: I’m with Obama
Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun Times, 1/28/08
Democratic icon Sen. Ted Kennedy will endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president today, passing him a generational torch at a rally here attended by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, and handing a disappointment to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
The endorsement of the Kennedys—Caroline, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, announced her support for Obama in a Sunday New York Times column—comes as the highly aspirational Obama campaign has been drawing parallels with President Kennedy and seeking a claim on his inspirational legacy to the nation.
Edward Kennedy gives Obama a major boost
Letta Tayler, Newsday, 1/28/08
A day after his landslide victory in South Carolina, Barack Obama received a second major boost yesterday as he launched his final sprint to Super Tuesday—the endorsements of two relatives of John F. Kennedy, the iconic president to whom he is sometimes compared.
The backing of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic powerhouse who was expected to endorse Obama at a rally today in Washington, and of JFK’s daughter, Caroline, bolstered Obama’s effort to cast himself as the candidate who can unite the nation.
Kennedys to Endorse Barack Obama for President
AP, 1/28/08
Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island will be joining his father, Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, in endorsing Barack Obama for president.
Obama, Clinton look to next White House fights
Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters, 1/28/08
Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading liberal voice in the U.S. Congress, will endorse Obama’s presidential campaign on Monday at an event in Washington, Democratic sources said.
Kennedy, a veteran Democrat from Massachusetts, will be accompanied by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late president, who has already endorsed Obama. She wrote in Sunday’s New York Times that Obama seems to be able to inspire people as her father did a half century ago.
Clinton Adjusts Strategy Against Obama in Race to Super Tuesday
Heidi Przybyla and Indira Lakshmanan, Bloomberg, 1/28/08
Senator Kennedy’s endorsement had been sought by both Obama and Clinton. Obama asked Kennedy’s counsel a year ago and, without making any commitment, he was advised to run. According to people familiar with the endorsement, Caroline Kennedy informed Obama two weeks ago and Senator Kennedy, 75, told him Jan. 24. The Massachusetts Democrat informed the Clintons yesterday that he was endorsing Obama.
Obama set to receive crucial Kennedy endorsement
AFP, 1/28/08
US Senator Barack Obama’s quest for the US presidency was expected to receive a major boost Monday as leading Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy planned to formally endorse his White House bid.
The veteran lawmaker from Massachusetts was to make his announcement at a rally at Washington’s American University on Monday, accompanied by his niece Caroline, daughter of the late president John F. Kennedy, Democratic Party sources told AFPKennedy to endorse Obama in US election race
The Belfast Telegraph, UK, 1/28/08
Barack Obama is to get a powerful endorsement today in his race for the Democratic nomination ahead of this year’s US presidential election.
Senator Edward Kennedy, the youngest brother of John F Kennedy, is set to announce his support for Obama in Washington this afternoon.Ted Kennedy Embraces Obama
Mike Allen, The Politico, 1/27/08
Rejecting a personal entreaty from President Bill Clinton, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president in a joint appearance on Monday, Democratic sources said.
The embrace provides a dramatic rocket for Obama to ride into the frantic, nationwide campaigning ahead of the space of huge Super Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5, the biggest day for nominating contests in U.S. history.
Make That Two Kennedys for Obama
Elizabeth Benjamin, NY Daily News, 1/27/08
First came Caroline Kennedy’s "A President Like My Father" OpEd in the Times, endorsing Barack Obama and branding him the 21st Century JFK, and now comes word that Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy will follow with an Obama endorsement of his own tomorrow at a rally in Washington, D.C.
