Obama, Kennedy bond despite differences

President may visit ailing senator, whose endorsement came at key time

AP - updated 1:43 p.m. MT, Sat., Aug 22, 2009

BOSTON - When Barack Obama's presidential prospects sagged, Sen. Edward Kennedy lifted the candidate with a coveted endorsement.

When brain cancer kept the Massachusetts Democrat from delivering his stepdaughter's college commencement address, Obama left the campaign trail and stood in for his then-Senate colleague.

And when Obama made one of the most closely watched decisions of his young presidency — the type of puppy for his daughters — it was Kennedy who gave him "Bo," a Portuguese Water Dog like the pair that have been a fixture in Kennedy's Capitol Hill offices.

With Kennedy now at his vacation home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod and Obama setting off on his weeklong stay on nearby Martha's Vineyard, there's speculation the president may come see the ailing senator.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32519458/ns/politics-white_house/

Weak.

Secret Service have been doing preliminary advance work for the possible visit for more than a week. But, Ted is apparently very bad off from what it sounds...

Ted Kennedy is a friend of the American people and always have been.

Here's the part about differences in the article:

"Those who know both men find the relationship understandable, despite the age difference.

"He is the kind of president that Kennedy can relate to," said Robert Shrum, who helped drafted the senator's famous 1980 Democratic National Convention concession speech and remains a close personal friend.

"He's trying to do very, very big things. He's appealed to people's idealism. He's appealed to their notion of service, things that have been touchstones of Kennedy's life," Shrum said.

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Fuckers, what differences???

And yes, of course, he will visit Teddy.

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