Commentary
BOSTON—During Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential announcement speech before a surprisingly large standing-room-only crowd in the grand ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on April 19, he made sure to tip his hat to President Joe Biden as if to say the differences between them weren’t all that great.
He clearly didn’t want to rock his party’s boat any more than necessary. He’s still running as a Democrat. He also brought back— for reasons hard to fathom other than to check that box—kookie ultra-liberal former Cleveland mayor and twice-failed presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich to make an introductory speech about what a Kennedy Democrat is….