Augusta, Maine<\/a> in November of 1959. After the meeting was over the trio flew back to Hyannis Port in a driving rain. Ribicoff, who was a meticulous dresser, stepped out into a puddle and had his hat blown off. Exasperated, he turned to Bailey and said, “What am I doing here?” Whereupon Bailey said, “Well, you wanted to be on the campaign trail.”<\/p>\nKennedy repaid Ribicoff’s help by spending part the early morning hours of Sunday, November 6, campaigning in Connecticut, even the state was judged to be a safe state.<\/p>\n
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Abe Ribicoff was the Democratic Governor of Connecticut and a long-time political ally of Kennedy. While not in the innermost JFK circle Ribicoff played a key role in the election of Kennedy to the Presidency. Ribicoff and JFK started \u00a0to work to each other’s benefit when both were elected to Congress after the War. Their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1775],"yoast_head":"\n
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