Daniel patrick moynihan biography of barack obama

Elizabeth B. Moynihan, the widow of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who shepherded Hillary Rodham Clinton as his successor in the United States Senate, has endorsed Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton&#x;s chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In a statement she sent to the Obama campaign, Mrs.

Moynihan said her husband, who died in , loved the Senate and would have been unhappy when close Senate friends he respected were competing for the nomination, as is Hillary Clinton, who succeeded him and has become a very good Senator.

Mrs. Moynihan added:

I know he would have become excited, as I have, to see Barack Obama rekindle hope in our young as he encourages them to participate in the political process, and I know Pat would approve, applaud and encourage me to join Caroline Kennedy in supporting Barack Obama&#x;s candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.

Mrs.

Daniel patrick moynihan biography of barack obama Reilly notes the valuable relationship he had with Senator Moynihan. When Harriman was defeated for reelection in , he arranged for Moynihan to direct the New York State Government Research Project at Syracuse University to write a history of his administration. Glazer, Nathan, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The Intellectual in Public Life.

Moynihan said she was inspired by an Op-Ed piece by Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, published on Sunday in The New York Times, and was also dismayed by the hostility Bill and Hillary Clinton have shown recently to Mr. Obama&#x;s candidacy.

Mrs. Moynihan said she has never met Mr. Obama, but has followed his career, speeches and his performance in the presidential debates.

She has never been particularly fond of Mrs. Clinton, according to recent biographies written about both the Moynihans and the Clintons.

Senator Moynihan, who represented New York from to , often had a difficult relationship with Bill Clinton, but he strongly supported Mrs. Clinton&#x;s candidacy, introducing her when she announced her campaign on Feb.

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