Kennedys Praise Barry For Being Like Their Family

The oldest and most important man -- the "dean," or "stern grampa," might we say? -- of the Democratic party, the Liberal who is somehow brothers with various political legends who died 900 years ago, TED KENNEDY, gave his big endorsement speech for Barry today at Washington's American University. Caroline Kennedy, whose father was some sort of neat, pretty president in the 1960s -- the one obsessed with putting humans on the moon by a certain time -- joined Uncle Teddy to give a Hope speech as well. Congrats, Barry: you have officially become a Kennedy today. It would be wise to beef up your security.

After the jump, some clips of Ted and Caroline's speeches. If Ted keeps getting this excited whenever he says "Change," he may very well die. But isn't death a Change in and of itself?

The big guy:

His dutiful niece: