European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Kennedy dynasty descendants of Camelot look toward 21 St Century Ted Kennedy Waves during last summer s sail with the Clinton and part of the Kennedy clan including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis right. Re election ticket sen. Ted Kennedy s wife Vicki is a political asset. In a memorable scene from Camelot John jr., standing in front of Uncle Robert salutes his father s casket in 1963. By Christopher Matthews san Francisco examiner Hen president Clinton showed up for his Martha s Vineyard sail with the Kennedy last summer the state s senior senator was at dockside to Greet him. Welcome to Massachusetts bellowed the familiar baritone for everyone in the Commonwealth to hear. The scene had a sprately choreographer it a since been revealed. We were on the upper deck on the boat at the Vineyard waiting for the president and mrs. Clinton to arrive brother in Law Ted Kennedy recounted in his May Eulogy to Jacqueline Onassis. Jackie turned to me and said Teddy you go Down and Greet the president " when the Veteran senator hesitated suggesting that Maurice tempelman Jackie s companion and the yacht s owner should handle that ceremony the former first lady let Loose " / ". Teddy you do it she instructed. Maurice in t running for re election i thus doth a dynasty survive. The insight captured in the Little in joke Ted Kennedy shared with his fellow. Mourners those listening in the Church and the millions beyond its Walls is that his family is always attuned to the next election. Its members even the elegant Jackie Are forever intent on keeping the name Kennedy attached to a political office always cementing the family claim almost like the windsors but More than 30 years after the Camelot Days of president John f. Kennedy and wife Jackie the question looms How Long can this Kennedy thing go on How Long can this growing family of Bright eyes and gleaming Teeth that gave us a president then a brother aspiring to follow him both slain in their prime continue keeping the country stocked with men and women of High political ambition and How Long will this anti royalist country accept what s being offered Wilt the Kennedy political dynasty continue into the next Century or die out Ike the Roosevelt to a Large extent the query answers itself unlike parliamentary systems where party leaders select anointed candidates the . Political system allows would be leaders to step Forward on their own leaving voters to make the decision. In such a system a family stocked with ample quotients of ambition self Confidence and name identification can face a wide open future. This is the ironic self certifying reality of the Kennedy claim to dynasty. As Long As there Are Kennedy and there Are 29, count pm cousins in the Post new Frontier generation a and As Long As ambition runs through the family veins there will be Kennedy on the ballot. That leaves Only the modest questions of How they will be As candidates How much Edge their name will give them on election Day and How far they can get. Here s a look at the 1994 prospects Ted Kennedy chosen by father Joseph p. Kennedy to take John Kennedy s Senate seat in 1962, Ted is now running for a sixth term. His Gung to campaigning in Massachusetts suggests that for the first time since the 1940s, the Kennedy name alone might not ensure automatic re election. Probable Republican rival Mitt Romney son of the former Michigan governor and Nixon Cabinet member could offer Ted Kennedy one of his toughest challenges. Michael Kennedy Robert f. Kennedy s son who is serving As Ted s Campaign manager just As Bobby ran Juk s presidential campaigns believes the current Effort is going  to make believers out of doubters he made sure to collect 36,000 signatures to put the Veteran senator on the ballot when Only 10,000 were required. Piling up the petitions is an old Kennedy method. So is having a Niece or Nephew run the re election Campaign. It makes for a first class apprenticeship. My first goal is to get my Uncle re elected Michael answered when asked if he has something in mind for himself farther Down the Road. Joseph Kennedy ii is magic in Massachusetts. As for Uncle Ted s chances polls show him in the toughest race of his life. The toll of the years memories of Chappaquiddick the embarrassment of Nephew William Kennedy Smith s rape trial Are apparent to Friend and foe alike. But Don t bet against a Kennedy in Massachusetts. Offsetting the electoral erosion Many Bay states think he has done a Good Job but should retire is Kennedy s new wife Vicki. Her sparkling youth and innocence which have led aides to dub her the asset help offset the senior senator s Check ered personal history. Teddy s Trump card As always is the legacy his role