Ted Kennedy: Top Five Video Moments From This Weekend’s Coverage

Coverage of Senator Edward Kennedy's funeral and burial dominated this weekend. Both the networks and the cablers carried Saturday's service live and then again came back for Kennedy's burial in Washington later Saturday night alongside his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery. In case you missed any of it here's a look at the top five moments of this weekend's coverage. Ted Kennedy Jr.'s Tribute to His Father Ever since Senator Kennedy's passing last week there has been much speculation over who his successor will be both in the Senate and in the family. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Ted's second son, is the politician in the immediate family, but after Ted Jr.'s heartbreaking (dare we say, scene stealing) tribute to his father on Saturday, one wonders if we haven't just witnessed the launch of another Kennedy political career. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Orrin Hatch Crosses Party Lines Orrin Hatch Pays Tribute To Kennedy More than one media person on my Tweetfeed noted that they would like to be the recipient of the sort of eulogy Orin Hatch gave to Ted Kennedy at the memorial service held the night before Kennedy's funeral mass. Hatch, a Republican, also penned a tribute song to his friend after Kennedy was diagnosed with cancer in May of 2008, you can watch that here. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy President Obama President Obama's Eulogy President Obama's eulogy was everything you'd expect - powerful, touching, respectful. While it lacked the personal, heartbreaking elements of Ted Kennedy Jr.'s, Obama made sure to focus on Senator Kennedy's powerful legislative record calling him a “Happy Warrior” and the "greatest legislator of our time." Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Vicki Kennedy Steps Into the Spotlight Vicki Kennedy While Kennedy's widow Vicki Kennedy has been mostly silent where the press is concerned, she has been the focal point of much of the coverage; she was captured by cameras at every turn stopping to greet mourner and shake hands. The Times ran a moving profile of her and Ted's relationship, which amazingly began during the midst of the Kennedy-Smith rape trial debacle. Many people attribute their marriage as the reason Kennedy was so completely able to turn his life around in the last twenty years, the Times quoted one family friend saying "I don’t think there has been a partnership and a love story in American politics like this one.” Whether Viki will pick up politically where her husband left off remains to be seen. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Maria Shriver On Ted's Drive to Make His Family Proud Maria Shriver on Meet the Press Meet the Press devoted the hour to Ted Kennedy reminiscences. In this clip Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver, who lost her own mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver just two weeks ago, talks about the powerful role Ted played in the family and how he was always striving to make both his sisters and parents proud. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Ted Kennedy: Top Five Video Moments From This Weekend’s Coverage

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Ted Kennedy: Top Five Video Moments From This Weekend’s Coverage

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