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    " The President said that was Brooke's way to do things – to ignore conventional wisdom and the naysayers and trust that people would judge him on his character, commitment, record and ideas. "I don't know anyone else whose fan base includes Gloria Steinem, Barney Frank, and Ted Kennedy -- as well as Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, and George W. Bush ... That's a coalition-builder." " Mr. Obama praised Brooke for reaching across the aisle – a feat that he said few have matched since and invoked his friendship with the late Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts. Full Article at Political Punch
    I don't know anyone else whose fan base includes Gloria Steinem, Barney Frank, and Ted Kennedy -- as well as Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, and George W. Bush ... That's a coalition-builder.
    SOURCE: Political Punch 1 month ago
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President Obama Honors First Popularly Elected African American Senator
  1. One reporter pointed out that he was black, Republican, and Protestant, seeking office in a white, Democratic, and Catholic state -- and also, quote, '…a carpetbagger from the South and…poor' -- Ed was unfazed. It was, to say the least, an improbable profile for the man who would become the first Africa...
    SOURCE: Political Punch 1 month ago
  2. I think today's honor bears a unique significance ... bestowed by this body of which he was an esteemed member; presented in this place where he moved the arc of history; surrounded by so many -- myself included -- who have followed the trail that he blazed.
    SOURCE: Political Punch 1 month ago

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