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The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition
The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition
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At the heart of The Shadow President is a controversial idea - that, more than his brothers, Ted Kennedy has come to be the most influential political figure of his generation. Jack and Bobby may have the stronger grip on the American psyche, but Burton Hersh makes clear that it is Ted who has done the hard work of writing laws and fighting on the issues. Despite decades of tabloid headlines sparked by Kennedy's often chaotic personal life, Hersh argues that much relevant in judging the man is his career-long defense of the core values of the Democratic Party.
Respected on both sides of the aisle in the Senate, where he has served since 1963, Kennedy has been a steadfast champion of health care, the interests of working people, racial justice, the environment, and the integrity of the social welfare system. This vivid portrait of a figure much enmeshed in controversy explains why Edward M. Kennedy is a principled legislator - and one of the most formidable and effective senators of our age.
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