Thurston Clarke’s book, The Last Campaign: Robert F Kennedy and 82 days that inspired America describes those short weeks: Kennedy’s attempts to challenge his fellow citizens during a time of turbulence that seems obviously relatable today.Ĭlarke has all the period detail that any book of this nature requires. But his campaign, which in its official form lasted less than three months, continues to be evoked as a gold standard for a certain kind of liberalism.
We’ll never know whether Kennedy would have won the Democratic candidacy, nor the presidency, nor whether his administration might have been a success. Fifty years ago this week, Robert Kennedy was assassinated.
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