THE EASTERN FRONT :

Kennedys Clintons in convention feud (Glen Johnson, 8/4/2002, Boston Globe)

What was supposed to be a sporting, four-city competition for the 2004 Democratic National Convention has been transformed into a power struggle between two of the country's leading political families: the Kennedys and the Clintons.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts is spearheading Boston's drive to host the party gathering, telling each of the Democrats' potential presidential candidates that, as he passes age 70, he wants to finally bring the convention to his home state.

But freshman Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, seeking to show she can deliver for her adopted state following the Sept. 11 attack, and possibly laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2008, has told Kennedy face-to-face she will challenge him.

It's like the battle for Stalingrad all over again... Posted by Orrin Judd at August 4, 2002 12:54 PM