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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren supports Hillary for President [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)hitting the booze and the toot a little too heavily (as were many people in those days). As a consequence, his good judgment was failing him. And then, of course, there was Chappaquiddick... and his divorce from Joan and her woes...Part of his success has to be credited to his 2nd wife--she put him back on the straight and narrow and got his priorities in order.
AND, most importantly, that the time he chose to run, he was challenging the incumbent, the Party leader. That was a real dumb move on his part--it put a few fractures down the party lines. He recovered though, and went on to have a wonderful career as the Senate's Lion.
HRC isn't the incumbent, since we don't have one this time round, but she's the closest thing to one--she came in 2nd in the primary, after all.