Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy Pass the Torch

The torch is passed, the legacy lives on.

If God would grant me one wish in this season of discontent and hope, it would be this: for a Kennedy, a King, and an Obama to stand together on the soil that Cesar Chavez once graced, for an America that is forever young.

When Caroline Kennedy says that Obama would be a president like her father, she speaks a thundering truth in her quiet and dignified voice. There are many arguments for Obama but none stronger than this: He touches young people in America who are inspired to lift our democracy, and young people around the world who are America’s greatest weapon in the battle of ideas of our times.

Forty years ago this April, we lost Martin. Forty years ago this June, we lost Bobby. Fifteen years ago this April, we lost Cesar. But in our America that is forever young, we will never lose the dream or surrender the torch.

This is why Barack Obama has such powerful appeal to political independents who make landslides possible. He speaks to the voice of a generation that hungers to be heard, the heart of a nation that hungers to be healed, and the spirit of a world that hungers to be inspired by an American president once again.

originally published on thehill.com

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