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Battenfeld: Hillary Clinton's Kennedy curse
Hillary Clinton could suffer a serious case of Kennedy deja vu if she makes another presidential run.
This time its U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III who may help derail Clintons White House path by endorsing her potential 2016 opponent, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, much the same way the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy backed Barack Obama in 2008.
Whatever (Warren) wants to do shes going to excel at, the 34-year-old Kennedy said in interview with Herald editors and reporters. She has been adamant that shes not running for president and I take her at her word for that. If things change, well see.
The fact that Kennedy doesnt dismiss a Warren run is significant and comes after his Massachusetts colleague, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, revealed to Boston Herald Radio that he told Warren hed back her if she ran for president.
Kennedy could be an ace in the hole for Warren, the freshman Democrat who has energized liberals around the country with her attacks on greedy banks, Wall Street and Washingtons cozy relationship with lobbyists.
...While the Kennedys and Massachusetts Democrats have enjoyed a close relationship with the Clintons in the past, the states reputation as Clinton Country took a hit in 2008 when Sen. Kennedy abandoned the New York senator in her battle against Obama.
The Kennedy endorsement came after Obama suffered a damaging defeat to Clinton in New Hampshire. Obama has never forgotten that and the remnants of his White House team appears to firmly in Warrens camp not Hillarys...
https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2014/12/battenfeld_hillary_clintons_kennedy_curse
Hillary Clinton could suffer a serious case of Kennedy deja vu if she makes another presidential run.
This time its U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III who may help derail Clintons White House path by endorsing her potential 2016 opponent, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, much the same way the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy backed Barack Obama in 2008.
Whatever (Warren) wants to do shes going to excel at, the 34-year-old Kennedy said in interview with Herald editors and reporters. She has been adamant that shes not running for president and I take her at her word for that. If things change, well see.
The fact that Kennedy doesnt dismiss a Warren run is significant and comes after his Massachusetts colleague, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, revealed to Boston Herald Radio that he told Warren hed back her if she ran for president.
Kennedy could be an ace in the hole for Warren, the freshman Democrat who has energized liberals around the country with her attacks on greedy banks, Wall Street and Washingtons cozy relationship with lobbyists.
...While the Kennedys and Massachusetts Democrats have enjoyed a close relationship with the Clintons in the past, the states reputation as Clinton Country took a hit in 2008 when Sen. Kennedy abandoned the New York senator in her battle against Obama.
The Kennedy endorsement came after Obama suffered a damaging defeat to Clinton in New Hampshire. Obama has never forgotten that and the remnants of his White House team appears to firmly in Warrens camp not Hillarys...
https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2014/12/battenfeld_hillary_clintons_kennedy_curse
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Hillary Clinton's Kennedy curse (Original Post)
RiverLover
Dec 2014
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)1. Oh, yea, time will tell. The primaries have not yet begun.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)2. This is concerning. I will concerned all day. nt
Gman
(24,780 posts)3. Somebody really needed an article to write
This borders on the ludicrous.