It depends. A big part of the Kennedy mystique revolves around what could have been. He was president for less than 3 years, not really enough time to gauge how he could do long term. Yes, he had some major issues to contend with, but most presidents spend their first term "cleaning up" what the previous guy did. He could have turned out to be utter *beep* in term 2. He was a war hero, rich, beautiful man, with a beautiful wife and 2 beautiful children, of course he was popular. If JFK had lived would he and Jackie have stayed together? Who knows. Would John John have become the beloved tabloid figure he did had he not been followed as a link to his father? Perhaps not.
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