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Ted Kennedy

The Leadership, Power & Influence of Ted Kennedy
“The Lion of the Senate”


Introduction
Much can be said of the leadership, power and influence of Ted Kennedy. Not because he is the surviving brother of a revered slain president or of an equally popular Senator also cut down in his prime. His leadership, his power and his influence does not come from his family name, which has been synonymous with these adjectives for almost a century. Rather, the “Lion of the Senate” deserves this recognition for almost forty-six years as a U.S. Senator who vigorously fought for the populist ideals he deeply believed in. Ted Kennedy began his political career at age thirty, and despite initially being viewed with derision by his colleagues, has become the leading Democrat for the great liberal causes of our generation. From his support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to his current day fight for universal health care, he has built a legacy of progressive legislation that has......


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