TJR: What If JFK Had Lived?

John Kennedy’s best biographer made a startling revelation recently that was both ominous and eerie and says a good deal about Kennedy’s appreciation of how history works. Robert Dallak , author of An Unfinished Life , the best book on the 35th president , gave a speech recently in Ireland where he said Jackie Kennedy was told by her husband a year before his death that his assassination would protect his legacy. “If someone is going to kill me,” Kennedy told his wife, “it should happen now”/ Marc Johnson , The Johnson Report. More here.

Also: Idaho Blogs roundup:

• Bread, circuses, and football /Adam’s Blog
• Where have all the non-hippies gone? /Dennis Mansfield
• 6 days on Palouse visiting, digging, planting /Fort Boise
• Breaking wind — season final /Ben Otto, ICL
• Idaho: A crack at legislative districts /Randy Stapilus
• Extreme is relative term in Idaho, public lands politics /Rocky Barker

Question: What would have become of JFK’s legacy had he not been assassinated?