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Last summer, as I flew toward Denver for the Democratic Convention on a small jet with Ted Kennedy, his family and a few friends, I thought of another convention 28 years before. It was the one Kennedy addressed in New York City after losing the Democratic nomination for President to...
Ironically, we were thinking of the future in 1980 too, despite the hard reality of our loss. Carter's fortunes had risen in the spring as people rallied behind him when 52 Americans were taken hostage in Iran. He would be doomed by the same crisis when it lasted into...
A speech at the convention would be the only chance in the entire campaign for Kennedy to communicate with Americans in an unmediated way. It was also the last, best chance to make the case for a change in national policies and direction. Kennedy and Carter had deep and principled...
What we were conceded was 15 minutes during the debate on the party platform on Tuesday night. At the event, Kennedy took 45, and the applause rolled on for an hour more. He spoke "not to argue as a candidate but to affirm a cause"; as his voice rang out...
He delivered a master class that night in taking on Ronald Reagan - not with heavy-handed scaremongering but rather with a light touch that was all the more devastating for its sense of incredulity. "The same Republicans who are talking about preserving the environment have nominated a man who last...