• The president must address middle-class fears and stand up to Wall Street.

    Martha Coakley’s Loss to Scott Brown in Massachusetts is Obama’s Lesson
  • A year later and a Senate seat down, Democrats should wake up to what it takes to make change.

    Scott Brown Wins Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate Seat Over Martha Coakley
  • President Obama is trying to remember the political struggles of blacks in America. He's also trying to win elections.

    President Obama Speaks on Martin Luther King; Rallies with Martha Coakley in Massachusetts
  • What the last of the great liberals can teach Obama about how to fight for health care reform.

    What Obama Must Do About Health Care
  • Michael Brown, son of the late Commerce secretary Ron Brown, remembers Ted Kennedy as a longtime friend of the family.

    How Kennedy Helped Ron Brown and Roger Wilkins
  • The Root's Dayo Olopade and Terrance Heath of 'The Republic of T' discuss Ted Kennedy's liberal legacy...

    Dayo Olopade and Terrance Heath Discuss Ted Kennedy's Legacy on Bloggingheads
  • Ted Kennedy was as much a masterful communicator as a skilled legislator. His urgent message was simple and lasting: We must build a fair and just society.

    Ted Kennedy's Speeches Offer a Lasting Articulation of the Liberal Ideal
  • President Obama had not known Ted Kennedy for long. But he has continuously invoked and praised the Kennedy family legacy, from the educational initiatives under John Kennedy that brought Barack Obama Sr. to the United States, to the rumors of Obama's preference for Caroline to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate, to the handwritten letter Obama carried from Kennedy to the Pope, down to the gift of his family dog.

    President Obama Speaks on the Death of Senator Ted Kennedy
  • Who will bring his empathy and compassion for the rest of America? Who will take up his causes?

    Brother Ted Kennedy: Good White Folk
  • One of the most powerful and influential senators in American history, Ted Kennedy was the last survivor of a family and a generation that  dominated American politics in the 1960s.

    Ted Kennedy Dies at 77
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