Kennedy clan member stumps for Obama

Max Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, told Democratic volunteers assembled in a church hall Wednesday, Oct. 1, that this is the most important election of his lifetime.
"The stakes have never been higher," Kennedy told roughly 35 Sen. Barack Obama supporters at Mt. Zion Apostolic Temple. "The last eight years has become a steady and resolute assault on the Democratic Party, which means a steady and resolute assault on labor."
Kennedy talked briefly about his family's commitment to the Democratic Party — being nephew of America's 35th president and the ninth son of a man who may have become president himself if he wasn't assassinated in 1968 — totaling 88 years working for labor issues.
It was a fiery call to arms, ending with the whole room shouting, "Fired up, ready to go." Kennedy said the party's goal is to get one third of the electorate to the polls in the next six days, before a window closes allowing voters to register and vote the same day.
"If we win Ohio, I guarantee we will win Pennsylvania and Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States," Kennedy said.

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Family Honors Robert F. Kennedy At Brown Palace

The Democrats are celebrating their historic nomination this week as Barack Obama becomes the first African American candidate from a major party to run for president.

But the party is also celebrating its heritage and the Kennedy family has been the focus of several events.Many of the Kennedys joined other dignitaries to honor the legacy of another member of the family, Robert F. Kennedy, on Wednesday.

There were Kennedys everywhere: Ethel, Patrick, Robert Jr., Kathleen and Max were all at the event.

(...) "The life he lived was based on hope and bringing the people together," Max said. "If you look just at that one photograph of my dad with Cesar Chavez breaking bread together … I think that encapsulates the idea of the United States coming together for the first time."

"He was also one that stepped outside the establishment," Rev. Al Sharpton said. "To oppose the war in Vietnam he showed courage, he showed vision and ultimately it cost him his life."

The event was held by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, an organization that focuses on human rights and social justice.

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