Politics | Barack Obama Kennedy's Hot on the Stump for Obama Legendary lion thrills to campaign, is surprise hit with MTV generation By Katherine Thompson Posted Feb 2, 2008 11:11 AM CST Copied Sen. Edward Kennedy campaings for Sen. Barack Obama, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at a community gathering at East Los Angeles College in Monterrey Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Associated Press) When Ted Kennedy endorses you, he doesn't just phone it in: The 75-year-old Massachusetts senator is seriously stumping for Barack Obama—and taking the Southwest by storm. Since backing Obama in a fiery speech on Monday, Kennedy has tried out his Spanish in Santa Fe and sung on an LA radio show, the New York Times reports. And audiences young enough to be his grandchildren are eating it up. “It’s like when Tony Bennett suddenly became hip again after the kids discovered him,” says a Democratic strategist. "He’s MTV now." While he reserves for his slain brothers John and Robert "a pedestal unto themselves," Kennedy hasn't shied from favorable comparisons of Obama and JFK. Backing Obama, his son Patrick says, is “like an opportunity for him to connect with the touchstone of his brothers’ legacy.” Read These Next In this murder, arresting the boyfriend was a big mistake. Sammy Davis Jr.'s ex, Swedish actor May Britt, is dead at 91. Online sleuths expose Epstein file redactions. Bizarre video shows thieves pulling an ATM out of store with SUV. Report an error