And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your

host, David Axelrod.

Jeff Greenfield was a familiar face to a generation of television news watchers as one of America's

preeminent political journalists.

He also was a witness to a great deal of history as a young aide to Robert Kennedy in those

fateful months leading up to his assassination in 1968.

And as an aide to John Lindsay, a major figure in American politics as mayor of New York during

that period as well.

Jeff's the author or co-author of 13 books and his great insights into the process of

electing American presidents is something that he's shared with students at the University

of Chicago's Institute of Politics.

This spring is a visiting fellow.

I got a chance to sit down with him the other day to talk about Bobby Kennedy, his career

in journalism, and this very, very interesting presidential race we've got going right now.

Jeff Greenfield, I think you and I have lived somewhat parallel lives.

We both grew up in New York City and we both were ridiculously young political junkies.

I know what got me going and I've talked about it, which was JFK coming to Stuyvesson

town where I grew up.

How would you get going?

It really was because I couldn't listen to baseball.

It's the summer of 1952.

I'm in my grandfather's house with my mom, no TV, but radio.

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