Kennedy Throws Hat In Ring
Kennedy Throws Hat In Ring
Kennedy Throws Hat In Ring Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination as the 1960 campaign gets into high gear. Press conference. JFK reads statement (nat sound) into microphone. He seems a little nervous (for him, anyway). "I am today announcing my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. The Presidency is the most powerful office in the free world, through which leadership can come a more vital life for all of our people. In it are centered the hopes of the globe around us for freedom and a more secure life." Reporter (off-screen) asks whether he would accept a nomination for vice president; JFK says no, not under any circumstances; "if I fail in this endeavor I shall return and serve in the United States Senate."