The endorsement continues…
Fresh off his morning endorsement of Barack Obama for president at American University, Sen. Ted Kennedy kept up the love fest at the State of the Union.
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The Democratic lion followed the young upstart down the aisle on Monday night, and the two took seats next to each other, to the right of the podium.
Democratic lawmakers in the area couldn’t get enough of Obama, forming a steady line to come up and greet him, while Obama made sure to introduce himself to the Supreme Court justices on hand, as well as Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey.
Not that Kennedy didn’t get some love, too. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., approached him and said of his endorsement speech, “You were so spectacular. So spectacular.” She followed it up with not one, but two kisses on his cheek.
Hillary Clinton took her seat a few feet away next to recent presidential drop-out Sen. Joe Biden, who spent much time with his arm around the former first lady.
