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(Wikipedia.com)
Teddy Kennedy brought the weight of his position as elder Democratic statesman to the Democratic National Convention Monday by giving an enthusiastically-received speech to the convention at the Pepsi Center.
The Senator, battling brain cancer, said “It is so wonderful to be here and nothing was going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight," in a voice strong. Kennedy, elected in 1963, said “I pledge to you that I will be there next January on the floor of the United States Senate."
Earlier in the day, his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island, hugged well-wishers at the Colorado Convention Center, but declined to comment on his father’s pending address. An aide said only “he’s not sure if his father will speak.”
But Tom Southwick, a former press secretary for Ted Kennedy and now a vice-president here for Starz Entertainment, predicted the expected speech would “electrify” the delegates and viewers. Further, the speech would not be mere rhetoric.
“It’s enormously important to the election,” Southwick said. “Talk about a symbol of unity in the Democratic Party. It is Ted Kennedy.”
Southwick said the Kennedy speech could provide a bridge between supports of the presumptive nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, and disgruntled backers of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s bid.
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