Rory Kennedy (RFK's youngest child) endorses Obama.

Rory Kennedy, the youngest child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, is endorsing Obama:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/02/ED39UQKTS.DTL

I certainly hope it helps.

Yep, I'd say that the majority of Kennedys are supporting Obama. So that's been resolved.

:)

Their family reunions must be a hoot. On one side you got Caroline, Teddy, Rory and then on the other you have RFK Jr., and a few others...and then that crazy Austrian dude that married into that family backing McCain!

I think too much is made of the "Kennedy endorsements". They remind me of my own family...We're Dems, but often discuss politics at the dinner table and argue as well!

Responding to Recession
by Paul Krugman

<snip>
Since this is an election year, the debate over how to stimulate the economy is inevitably tied up with politics. And here’s a modest suggestion for political reporters. Instead of trying to divine the candidates’ characters by scrutinizing their tone of voice and facial expressions, why not pay attention to what they say about economic policy?
In fact, recent statements by the candidates and their surrogates about the economy are quite revealing.
<snip>
On the Democratic side, John Edwards, although never the front-runner, has been driving his party’s policy agenda. He’s done it again on economic stimulus: last month, before the economic consensus turned as negative as it now has, he proposed a stimulus package including aid to unemployed workers, aid to cash-strapped state and local governments, public investment in alternative energy, and other measures.
Last week Hillary Clinton offered a broadly similar but somewhat larger proposal. (It also includes aid to families having trouble paying heating bills, which seems like a clever way to put cash in the hands of people likely to spend it.) The Edwards and Clinton proposals both contain provisions for bigger stimulus if the economy worsens.
And you have to say that Mrs. Clinton seems comfortable with and knowledgeable about economic policy. I’m sure the Hillary-haters will find some reason that’s a bad thing, but there’s something to be said for presidents who know what they’re talking about.
The Obama campaign’s initial response to the latest wave of bad economic news was, I’m sorry to say, disreputable: Mr. Obama’s top economic adviser claimed that the long-term tax-cut plan the candidate announced months ago is just what we need to keep the slump from “morphing into a drastic decline in consumer spending.” Hmm: claiming that the candidate is all-seeing, and that a tax cut originally proposed for other reasons is also a recession-fighting measure — doesn’t that sound familiar?
Anyway, on Sunday Mr. Obama came out with a real stimulus plan. As was the case with his health care plan, which fell short of universal coverage, his stimulus proposal is similar to those of the other Democratic candidates, but tilted to the right.
For example, the Obama plan appears to contain none of the alternative energy initiatives that are in both the Edwards and Clinton proposals, and emphasizes across-the-board tax cuts over both aid to the hardest-hit families and help for state and local governments. I know that Mr. Obama’s supporters hate to hear this, but he really is less progressive than his rivals on matters of domestic policy.
In short, the stimulus debate offers a pretty good portrait of the men and woman who would be president. And I haven’t said a word about their hairstyles.

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...had enough kids to go around!

Robert Jr has always had more pets than all of his siblings combined.

I think canines may break for Obama.

used to slobber on everyone equally.

great to see the members of the Kennedy Clan being actively involved in the democratic primary. I think very highly of those who have endorsed both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I must say that Rory is an impressive lady who has a great social conscience.

competitions- though it is getting kind of humerous. Who have we got left? Let's see: There's Joe, Courtney, Christopher, Max and Doug. David died in 1984 and Michael died a few year ago. That's Bobby's kids. There's some Shrivers left. And Teddy has another kid. I'm sure there are few more cousins.

"Times are far too dark, the price of failure too steep and the road ahead too perilous for us to vote on identity politics. I would love to see a woman be president. I would love to see an African American be president. But right now, what I would love most is to elect the best person for the job."

Producer of "Ghosts of Abu Ghraid" among lots of other docs.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448311/

YES WE CAN!

their family cat is also endorsing Obama. Isn't this all getting a little bit ridiculous?

What fantastic news!!!! Thank you, Rory and Ethel!

Whether the press choose to report it is another matter. To be honest all the classiest/most well respected of the Kennedy family are backing Obama (especially Caroline). Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (who spectacularly lost the Maryland governorship to a Republican!) and RFK Jr (who appears very keen for there to be a vacancy for a US Senate seat in New York so he can be appointed to it) are the main ones backing Clinton.

You might take a moment to find out. I think that they are solid.