Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii te Perehitini o Barack Obama i te Mane ko nga kaitōrangapū o Amerika i roto i te waa o te roopu, me ngana ki te kawe i a raatau ano ki a Edward M. Kennedy. I te whakamoemiti a nga kaitōrangapū mai i nga rōpū tōrangapū e rua ki te wairua o te kaumatua o Massachusetts i te whakatapunga o te whare wananga e mau ana i tona ingoa, ka mea a Obama he mea tika kia hiahia a Kennedy ki 'he tohu whakamaharatanga ehara i a ia ano engari ki nga mea e taea ana e tatou te iwi ki te mahi tahi.' Ko te $ 79 miriona te whare wananga, i hangaia i te taha o te whare pukapuka perehitini a John F. Kennedy i te Columbia Point o Boston, i whakaarohia e Kennedy i mua i tana kitenga i te mate pukupuku roro i te tau 2008. I mate ia i te tau i muri mai. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te Perehitini Barack Obama, kei te matau, e awhi ana ki a Victoria Reggie Kennedy, te pouaru o te Senate o mua o te US Ted Kennedy i a ia e whakaatu ana i a Obama i te huihuinga whakatapunga mo te Edward M. Kennedy Institute mo te United States Senate, i Boston, Massachusetts. 'Ka pēhea mēnā ka pēnei ake tātau ki a Ted Kennedy?' I ui atu a Obama i roto i tana korero. I whakamoemiti a Obama ki a Kennedy mo te rapu i te 'whenua noa' me ona hoa Reipa. Ko Obama e ringihia ana te ringaringa ki te Tumuaki o mua o te Senate a Trent Lott o Mississippi, i te mea ko Ted Kennedy Jr., Senate o Connecticut, e matakitaki ana i te whakatuwheratanga o te whare wananga $ 79 miriona e noho ana i te taha o te whare pukapuka perehitini o te tuakana o Kennedy, te tuakana o John F. Kennedy. Mai i te taha mauī, ko Lott, te Kawana o Massachusetts a Charlie Baker, Kennedy, te wahine tuatahi a Michelle Obama, te perehitini, Sen. Elizabeth Warren o Massachusetts me Sen. Edward Markey o Massachusetts. Ko Jean Kennedy, kei waenganui, kei te taha o te Perehitini Tuarua a Joe Biden, maui, me te mema o mua o Rhode Island a Patrick Kennedy. I korero ano a Biden i te huihuinga, e kii ana ko Kennedy 'i atawhai i ahau ano he teina iti' I kii te perehitini i tenei ra kei te tumanako ia ka taea e te whare wananga te awhina ki te whakahoki mai i te whakawhirinaki ki te kawanatanga i te wa o te tinihanga nui, me te tuku i tetahi akonga taiohi ki te tautohetohe i roto i tana tauira tino nui o te whare Senate. 'Ka ahatia mēnā ka pēnei ake tātau ki a Ted Kennedy?'...
I mate a Kennedy i te tau 2009 whai muri i tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku roro. I whakamoemiti ngā kaitōrangapū mai i ngā rōpū tōrangapū e rua ki te wairua o te kaumatua o Massachusetts i te whakatūnga o tētahi whare mātauranga e mau ana i tōna ingoa. I hangaia i te taha o te wharepukapuka perehitini a John F. Kennedy i Boston, i whakaarohia e Kennedy i mua i tana kitenga. 'Kahore he tangata i hanga i te Senate ki te ora rite Ted Kennedy,' ka mea a Obama; i mahi ia i roto i te ruma o runga ki a Kennedy mo nga tau e toru me te hawhe. I tautokohia e Kennedy a Obama mo te Tari Oval i te tau 2008 mo te hoa seneta a Hillary Clinton o New York, e whakataurite ana ki a John F. Kennedy. E mōhiotia ana ko te 'Lion of the Senate', i mau a Ted Kennedy i tana tūranga hei tangata whenua i te U.S. Senate mo te tata ki te 50 tau.