Back during the Massachusetts primary, I posited that “without a national symbol whom we are compelled by history and a constant barrage of media retrospectives to think of as a symbol of our national coming of age, hope lost and later lionized, Democratic primary politics can be a real bore, especially with the contenders grappling so desperately for the Kennedy mantle.”
Turns out, the voters agree with me about the tiresome nature of the Kennedy legacy pitch. While 63 percent say they appreciate what Teddy Kennedy did for the state,
The Camelot allure was inevitably going to get weaker as we moved further and further from the time of JFK. I think it’s healthy for democracy that politicians in the Bay State have been forced to revert to pitching themselves instead of the Kennedy myth so soon.
