Election of 1960 & The Camelot years

In the election of 1960 it was Richard Nixon vs. John Kennedy. It was consider a close race between the two. Nixon was thinking he would win because of the popularity that Eisenhower had had and was thinking of riding that to the top but Kennedy was going to run using his family's wealth and using other means like the media, such as the television. Kennedy also had on his side that he was with civil rights and that talking on the t.v. over different views and debates helped him secure his run. Another event that helped Kennedy's chances of winning was help Martin Luther King Jr. get out of jail sooner by talking with the judge and posting King for bail, this would serve him good P.R. with Midwest and Southern voters. The Camelot years were Kennedy's first years in office in which he made many televised appearance and invited many celebrities and artist to visit him in the white house. The press loved Kennedy because he was charming and liked talking to the press. The Kennedy's where very skilled people and lived so magically in the white house that newspapers would refer to their stay in the white house as The Camelot Years.