Joyce Carol Oates' novel Black Water fictionalizes a (*) scandal involving this politician, who did not hold Jimmy Carter's arm after conceding at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
After quoting Tennyson in a concession speech, this politician said "For me, this campaign just ended a few hours ago" and that "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." This man's poll numbers tumbled after he fumbled Roger Mudd's question "Senator, why do you want to be President?" This man won the New York primary over the incumbent President by playing up the anti- Israel stances of that man's administration. Joyce Carol Oates' novel Black Water fictionalizes a (*) scandal involving this politician, who did not hold Jimmy Carter's arm after conceding at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. This man's early plans to run for President were torpedoed by the Chappaquiddick incident, in which Mary Jo Kopechne died in a car crash. For 10 points, name this long-time Senator from Massachusetts.
After quoting Tennyson in a concession speech, this politician said "For me, this campaign just ended a few hours ago" and that "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.
Ted Kennedy [or Edward Moore Kennedy; prompt on "Kennedy"]