Has the Kennedy myth run its course?

The last time the Kennedys were invoked in a presidential election was the famous exchange in the election of Bush senior when Dan Quayle compared himself to John Kennedy and Lloyd Bentsen said, “You are no John Kennedy.”

Kennedy seems to be conspicuous by his absence from mention in the Obama campaign, though there are obvious similarities – two charismatic young polical reformers. Obama’s call for everyone to get involved in recovery sounds a lot like Kennedy’s “Ask not what you can do for your country” statement.

I don’t know if the latest generation of Kennedys has anyone in office. If it does, they are not very prominent. Then there is the embarrassing political foray of Caroline Kennedy.

It would seem the tragic Kennedy story is coming to a close.