Yesterday the news of Senator Ted Kennedy's death spread like wild fire. In the early hours of the morning, Kennedy had already been classified as a "patriarch of the Democratic Party" a "Senate stalwart," and "the last of a generation." However I believe President Obama summed up Senator Kennedy's legacy better than anyone, "For five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts."