Kennedy takes sides

Democratic icon Ted Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama, said Mark Halperin in a Time blog, and this is one of those rare endorsements that actually matter. Kennedy's decision fuels the impression that the left is "ready to throw the Clinton era into t

What happened

Democratic icon Ted Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama, following a Sunday New York Times op-ed in which his niece Caroline Kennedy compared Obama to her father, John F. Kennedy. The endorsement, a blow to Hillary Clinton, was reportedly sealed by Kennedy’s frustration at racially tinged comments by the Clinton campaign and supporters, especially from Bill Clinton. “This is the biggest Democratic endorsement Obama could possibly get short of Bill Clinton,” said an unidentified high-level Democrat. (Politico)

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