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Does Obama herald the return of Camelot?

One American political dynasty has decided against siding with another: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, endorsed Barack Obama for president in the New York Times today. Her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, is set to follow suit.

The former first daughter says Obama is the only presidential candidate most capable of carrying on the legacy of her late father. Caroline Kennedy's endorsement is a key one for Obama, whose camp has sought to portray him as a worthy heir to the former president's "Camelot" image.

Is Obama the "next" JFK? Does his candidacy, with its emphasis on change and national unity, represent a return to the idealism of the Kennedy era? Or is there less to the JFK comparison than meets the eye?

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Ben likes: Obamalot

Jules Crittenden/Forward Movement

What’s not to like about ideals, hope, change, all that? Nothing in the way of specifics on what Caroline hopes will change or what the ideal is, though she makes a vague reference to Iraq being bad. Apparently she likes Obama because he gives her a warm, fuzzy feeling. I hope Obama, if he gets elected, will change to be more like JFK, who understood who the enemy was in his time and faced them down unflinchingly and called on Americans to bear any burden.

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Joel likes: A President like my father

Caroline Kennedy/The New York Times

Over the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.

My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined. All my life, people have told me that my father changed their lives, that they got involved in public service or politics because he asked them to. And the generation he inspired has passed that spirit on to its children. I meet young people who were born long after John F. Kennedy was president, yet who ask me how to live out his ideals.

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