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Lugar Supports Obama’s Story (Vandy Prize Winner)
I’m pleased to announce the first winner of the Vandenberg Prize for bipartisanship: Indiana Republican Senator Dick Lugar.
From MSNBC’s First Read blog:
Lugar today said an Obama campaign ad which features him is “accurate.” The ad makes the point the Obama previously “reached out” to Lugar to “help lock down loose nuclear weapons.”
“He did” reach out, Lugar said. He explained that in 2005, Obama asked if he could join Lugar on a trip to Russia and other countries to visit sites under the Nunn-Lugar program.
“After that, we had legislation that we cosponsored together which passed” dealing with dangerous missiles. “So I am pleased we had that opportunity to work together,” Lugar said. “I’m pleased we had the association Sen. Obama describes.”
Congratulations Senator Lugar! If we had t-shirts, I would send you one.
Oh, and for those of you following Lugar’s VP chances on InTrade, you might want to pay attention to the following, also from First Read:
“There is no chance I will consider running with Barack Obama.”
Full disclosure: I once dated the sister of one of Lugar’s (now former) aides, although at the time he wasn’t yet Lugar’s aide. In fact, he was a freshman in college.
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