Published 10/17/2008
by Carrie Dann
at First Read
From NBC’s Ken StricklandSince the first day of his presidential campaign, Obama has been dropping the name of his Senate colleague, Republican Dick Lugar.
On February 10, 2007, when he announced his candidacy, Obama proclaimed, “I’ve worked with Republican Sen. Dick Lugar.” In a rally this summer in Indiana he told the crowd, “I’ve worked with Indiana’s own Republican Sen. Dick Lugar.” And Obama even featured him in a campign ad, saying, “What I did was reach out to Sen. Dick...( read more )
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