Obama: Kennedy's spirit can help bridge partisan divide.

[Warren Stupidity]

"Ted understood the only point of running for office is getting something done. Not to posture. Not to sit there worried about the next election, or the polls," Obama said. "Ted grieved the loss of camaraderie and collegiality, the face-to-face interaction. I think he regretted the arguments made to cameras instead of colleagues, directed at a narrow base instead of the body politic as a whole."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/30/obama-edward-m-kennedy-institute/70641106/

Sorry, but Ted lived in a different world where one of the two institutionalized political parties was not BATSHIT FUCKING CRAZY. This is not that world. Obama's obsession with being the Great Compromiser makes me throw up a bit in my mouth.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Well said, Obama:

"Ted understood the only point of running for office is getting something done. Not to posture. Not to sit there worried about the next election, or the polls,"<...>
"Ted grieved the loss of camaraderie and collegiality, the face-to-face interaction. I think he regretted the arguments made to cameras instead of colleagues, directed at a narrow base instead of the body politic as a whole."

[hrmjustin]

2. I think Obama is right.

[Zorra]

3. Unfortuantely, RWers would shoot him, too, just like they shot his brothers. nt