Can Robert Kennedy's Campaign Be Recreated For 2020?

In 1968, John F. Kennedy's brother, Robert F. Kennedy, announced his campaign for the presidency.

"By the time he was assassinated in early June, Robert Kennedy seemed to be on a huge winning trajectory with a very strong likelihood that he would win the White House," Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn told Boston Public Radio on Wednesday.

Kennedy's campaign was based entirely on the bedrock of unity, Koehn said. She believes 2020 Democratic presidential candidates should take a tip from Kennedy's 1968 playbook.

"Kennedy understood that if you're going to make progressive serious change, and win an elected office when the country is on fire, leading isn't just about what we do about an issue, but about how we plan to bring the country together," she said.

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