Decades of ruthless scheming... calculating... to be President

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Claims that Robert F. Kennedy was a New Democrat

As a harbinger of modern liberalism and progressivism, Robert F. Kennedy has been described as the first "New Democrat".[9][10][11] As former President Bill Clinton described in his book My Life:

"In the 1968 Indiana primary, Bobby Kennedy became the first New Democrat. He believed in civil rights for all and special privileges for none, in giving poor people a hand up rather than a handout: work was better than welfare. He understood in a visceral way that progressive politics requires the advocacy of both new policies and fundamental values, both far-reaching change and social stability. If he had become President, America's journey through the rest of the twentieth century would have been very different."[12]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrats#cite_



Then again, when Scott Brown ran, he pretended to be JFK's ideological successor.