. >> roger mudd: why do you want to be president?>> teddy says his stumbling wasn't because of ambivalence of the race but about "displeasure" with roger mudd for blindsiding him with the question before he'd announced his candidacy. he writes that he did want to be president in 1980, and again in '84, but teddy, jr., his brother patrick and sister kara were afraid of his running, and begged him not to. >> ted kennedy, jr.: most people keep coats and umbrellas in their coat closet. my father kept bulletproof vests in his coat closet. and believe me, we would walk by that coat closet every day, fearful about some crazy person out there wanting to make a name for themselves. and that, i think was in the back of our minds almost every time that my father would appear in public. >> stahl: in his memoir, ted, sr., acknowledges that, after his divorce from joan, he drank too much at times and that his "bachelor lifestyle stirred up public doubts about his judgment." then, just when his career looked as though it might go off the rails, he

acknowledges that he was not effective at first been talking about why he wanted to be president but the roger mudd interview is not the best example. the fact of the matter is he was asked on camera to talk about why he wanted to be president before he officially declared and the reason why there was such hesitation in his eyes is they were trying to figure out how to talk about this without declaring candidacy, which is not something he wanted to do. it was supposed to be an interview about his family and the and portents of the sea and suddenly it turned into this political conversation. the other thing is if you listen to his answer, if you read it in print, it is perfectly particulates. he felt we needed to do something about the economy appeared that america was not living up to its productivity. i think it has been taken way out of context. the reason why carter did so well had more to do with the iran hostage crisis than it did with his own failings as a campaigner although he acknowledges he had a very slow start. that was his take. host: 1 his relationship with president carter, he writes