Comparing the shock results of yesterday’s Massachusetts election with the votes received by Obama and McCain in the 2008 Presidential election tells an interesting little story.
Ted Kennedy
Private Dick hired to sleuth Kennedy memoir leak
Book publisher Hachette has hired a private detective to investigate how The New York Times got a hold of Ted Kennedy’s memoirs — apparently just by going down to the local bookstore — 11 days before it was supposed to hit shelves.
The Ted Kennedy cover wars
Naturally, every newsweekly worth its salt ran a commemorative Ted Kennedy cover last week. Mediaite wraps the contenders and grades each publication’s attempts to pay tribute to Teddy.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Peter Costello and the alleged ABC bias
Crikey readers weigh in on Peter Costello and whether the ABC does have an editorial bias, the late US Senator Ted Kennedy and the Northern Territory intervention.
Who gets Ted Kennedy’s millions?
Although no-one knows exactly what Ted Kennedy was worth, he died close to the peak of his wealth, and had hundreds of millions tied up in a complex system of blind trusts. The Daily Beast unravel the complex web to work out who gets what.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: John Howard and the High court
Crikey readers weigh in on nuclear power, John Howard and the High court, the death of Teddy Kennedy and messy Queensland politics.
Replacing Ted: the rocky road ahead
Filling Ted Kennedy’s US Senate seat looks set to be a complicated business. It could require legislative change and upset Obama’s health reform plans in the process. Tim Reid explains.
Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, the true story
The dreadful truth of that night is well-known among Kennedy staffers and his surviving family, writes Bob Ellis. Teddy was nowhere near the car when the accident occurred.
And so we farewell the lion of the Senate
Teddy Kennedy was the most Kennedy-esque of all his family. And it was because he never became president that he rose to greatness, argues Bernard Keane.
Vale Teddy, we may never see his like
So the lion of the Senate will roar no more — and any number of DC cocktail waitresses can breathe a little easier today.
The Kennedy family tree
In the wake of Ted Kennedy’s death, refresh your memory about who’s who in the famous Kennedy clam with The Washington Post’s visual guide to the complex web of relationships.
PODCAST: Nancy Reagan on Ted Kennedy
The Reagans and the Kennedys. It seems an unlikely friendship but on the death of Ted Kennedy, former First Lady Nancy Reagan chats with her son Ron about the two families’ close relationship.
The Kennedy paradox
Ted Kennedy was held in high regard by people from all over the political spectrum, yet never fell into the trap of trying to be all things to all people, says E.J. Dionne Jr.
One man, many memories
Salon’s compendium of opinions on Ted Kennedy, from those who loved and loathed him.
Ted Kennedy: a life of redemption
Late US Senator Ted Kennedy was “born to privilege and screwed it up”, writes Michael White. He did, however, do much to right his wrongs.
PHOTO GALLERY: Ted Kennedy, a life in pictures
The Boston Globe presents a visual history of highlights in the fascinating life of Ted Kennedy.
In the words of Ted Kennedy
Read Ted Kennedy’s eloquent speech at the 1980 Democratic Convention, in which he conceded defeat to Jimmy Carter.
A musical tribute to Ted Kennedy
US Republican Senator Orrin Hatch has released a song written in tribute to Ted Kennedy, despite their many political differences.
Chappaquiddick marked Ted Kennedy’s life
The incident at Chappaquiddick, in 1969 where a young woman drowned, severely impacted Ted Kennedy’s life, with the constant question ‘could he have saved her?’, writes Graeme Leech.
Health care: Ted Kennedy’s life cause
Heath care was “the heart of my belief in a just society”, said Ted Kennedy, and US health care reform will bear the fingerprints of Kennedy, writes Ezra Klein.
A champion of human rights
Ted Kennedy’s greatest legacy may be on domestic issues, but his legacy as a champion of global human rights should not go unacknowledged, says Adam Clymer.
Does Obama carry the Kennedy torch?
The Ted Kennedy legacy lives on in President Barack Obama, who was encouraged by Kennedy to run for the presidency.
Vicki Kennedy: Ted’s great love
Vicki Kennedy was a single mother and 20 years younger than her future husband Ted Kennedy, when she met him in 1991.
