Kennedy Obama

I heard on the news that today is John Kennedy’s birthday and I was struck with the similarities between Kennedy and Obama and how there is one big difference separating the two. First off they were both very inexperienced senators when they became president. They were both in their early 40”s, both performed well on TV, both were great campaigners, both were outstanding public speakers, both had democratic congresses that they could not get along with and both were charismatic figures. The big difference was Vice President Lynden Johnson. He could move anything through the congress and all the credit went to Kennedy.