Soo koob maqaalka:  Madaxweyne Barack Obama ayaa sheegay Isniintii in siyaasiyiinta Mareykanka ee ku nool xilligan xisbiyada ay tahay inay isku dayaan inay u dhaqmaan sida Edward M. Kennedy. Iyadoo siyaasiyiinta labada xisbi siyaasadeed ay ku ammaaneen Senatarka Massachusetts ee marxuumka ah ee isku duubnaanta ah ee ku saabsan furitaanka machad kaas oo magaciisa leh, Obama wuxuu sheegay in ay ku habboon tahay Kennedy inuu doonayo 'xusuus ma ahan naftiisa laakiin waxa aan dadku awood u leenahay inaan wada sameyno.' Machadka oo qiimihiisu yahay 79 milyan oo doolar, oo lagu dhisay meel u dhow maktabadda madaxweynaha John F. Kennedy ee ku taal Columbia Point ee magaalada Boston, ayaa waxaa ku fikiray Kennedy ka hor inta aan laga helin kansarka maskaxda sanadkii 2008. Sanadka xiga ayuu dhintay. Hoos u rog fiidiyowga. Madaxweyne Barack Obama, midig, wuxuu isku duubayaa Victoria Reggie Kennedy, oo ah carmalka Senatorkii hore ee Mareykanka Ted Kennedy iyada oo Obama ku soo bandhigaysa xafladda furitaanka Machadka Edward M. Kennedy ee Senate-ka Mareykanka, magaalada Boston, Massachusetts. Ka waran hadaynu sida Ted Kennedy u dhaqano? Obama ayaa ku ammaanay Kennedy inuu raadinayo " dhul caadi ah " oo uu la wadaago asxaabtiisa Jamhuuriga ah. Obama wuxuu gacmaha is qabsanayaa hogaamiyihii hore ee aqalka sare Trent Lott oo ka soo jeeda gobolka Mississippi, sida Senator Ted Kennedy Jr. oo ka soo jeeda gobolka Connecticut, uu daawanayo inta lagu guda jiro furitaanka machadka $ 79 milyan oo ku yaal albaabka xiga ee maktabadda madaxtooyada ee Kennedy walaalkiis, marxuum John F. Kennedy. Laga soo bilaabo bidix waa Lott, Gudoomiyaha Massachusetts Charlie Baker, Kennedy, marwada koowaad Michelle Obama, madaxweynaha, Senator Elizabeth Warren oo ka socota Massachusetts iyo Senator Edward Markey oo ka socota Massachusetts. Jean Kennedy, dhexda, waxaa garab taagan Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Joe Biden, bidix, iyo wakiilkii hore ee Rhode Island Patrick Kennedy. Biden ayaa sidoo kale ka hadlay munaasabadda, isaga oo faallo ka bixiyay in Kennedy 'uu ila dhaqmay sidii walaal yar' Madaxweynaha ayaa maanta sheegay inuu rajeynayo in machadku uu gacan ka geysan karo soo celinta kalsoonida dowladda waqti xasaasiyad weyn leh, isagoo siinaya arday da 'yar fursad uu kaga doodo nuqulkiisa buuxa ee qolka Senate-ka. Ka waran hadaynu sida Ted Kennedy u dhaqano?
Kennedy wuxuu dhintay 2009 kadib markii uu la dagaallamay kansarka maskaxda. Siyaasiyiin ka tirsan labada xisbi siyaasadeed ayaa amaanay dareenka wadajirka ah ee senatarkii geeriyooday ee Massachusetts markii la daahfurayay machad magaciisa lagu magacaabo. Waxaa lagu dhisay meel u dhow maktabada madaxweynaha John F. Kennedy ee magaalada Boston, waxaa la saadaaliyay Kennedy ka hor inta aan laga helin cudurka. "Ma jiro qof ka dhigay Senate-ka inuu noqdo mid nool sida Ted Kennedy", ayuu yiri Obama; wuxuu u adeegay aqalka sare Kennedy saddex sano iyo bar. Kennedy wuxuu Obama ku taageeray xafiiska Oval Office sanadkii 2008 isagoo ka sarreeya Senator Hillary Clinton oo reer New York ah, isaga oo isbarbar dhigaya John F. Kennedy. Waxaa loo yaqaanay 'Libaaxa Senate-ka', Ted Kennedy wuxuu qabtay jagadiisa siyaasadeed ee Senate-ka Mareykanka ku dhawaad 50 sano.