When the Democrats descend on Boston for their national convention this month, there will be no escaping the Kennedys.I wonder if Mary Jo Kopechne will attend any of the soirees? Probably not - she's kind of a stiff at parties.
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By sheer numbers, the Kennedys will be omnipresent. Sen. Edward Kennedy is expecting more than 100 family members to attend the convention beginning July 26, and he has reserved about 100 rooms at a single hotel.
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On the first day, Kennedy family and friends will gather near Boston's North End for the formal dedication of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, a 30-acre stretch of parkland that will wind through downtown Boston atop the old Central Artery highway. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy died in January 1995 at the age of 104.
On the first night, the Kennedy family will attend a star-studded cocktail reception and fund-raiser for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a nonprofit organization named after the former attorney general and New York senator who was assassinated after winning the California Democratic presidential primary in 1968.
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Kennedy will address the Democratic convention in prime time on the second night, and then head to a tribute at Symphony Hall honoring his more than four decades of public service.
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Smaller but no less exclusive events include a luncheon on the third day hosted by Kennedy and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., for senators and their families at the JFK Library. Kennedy's wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, will host a luncheon on the second day for Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of the candidate.
But here's good news:
``Many of the convention events are going to be at the Kennedy Library, you're going to drive down John F. Kennedy Boulevard, you're going to pass in front of the John F. Kennedy courthouse and look at the statue of John F. Kennedy in front of the statehouse,'' said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., a close Kennedy friend.Woohoo - maybe Chris and Ted will demonstrate the technique for their trademark "waitress sandwich"!
But there's always a wet blanket:
``This presents an opportunity to showcase the fact that Ted Kennedy is the conservative senator from Massachusetts,'' said Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson. ``And if Ted Kennedy is the icon of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, John Kerry's voting record is even more out of the mainstream.''Hey, Lurch represents the important Hanoi wing of the party!
