Seeing the headline made me disdain Bush and the Repub. propaganda machine. Seeing the Kennedy remarks in the article made me wonder how many ordinary people and democrats realise Kennedy is the best weapon the Bush Admin has. So many in the general public are replused by Kennedy that it would seem he helps the cause of anything he speaks out against.

I know that there are consultants who are paid to figure out these PR issues. Here's my question: Couldn't the Dems let Barack Obama or some other spokesperson lead the way? Does Teddy really need to feed his ego, his Edler Statesman status, his re-election bid, or something else I don't understand with this suicidal PR?