(Ted) Kennedy son rallies Conn. unions in Senate race

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The son of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy rallied unionized workers Wednesday to back Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the state's U.S. Senate race, saying the candidate shares his father's vision of fairness in society.

Edward M. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Kiki Kennedy, who live in Branford, appeared with Blumenthal at a rally with about 200 unionized workers, mostly from Yale University in New Haven.

"He has been on our side for 20 years," Kennedy Jr. told the crowd, mentioning several of Blumenthal's legal battles as attorney general, including his work to defeat Islander East, a now-defunct, proposed natural gas pipeline in Long Island Sound between Connecticut and New York. Kiki Kennedy actively opposed the project.

Kennedy Jr. also recalled how, as a law student at the University of Connecticut, he watched Blumenthal argue before the state's Supreme Court. He said Blumenthal could have left the job to an associate attorney general but decided to learn the case and make the arguments himself.

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[No Elephants]

1. Rose Kennedy may have ruled her home with an iron fist, but she had to have done something right.

What an incredible family.