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Durbin: Obama should run for president
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| Last Edited | COSDem May 30, 2006 12:32pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - State Journal-Register: Springfield, IL |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday he thinks his fellow Democratic senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, ought to think about running for president.
"He draws a larger crowd than any politician, and that's a testament to the fact that he has a message that resonates with people," Durbin said during a news conference at his Springfield home Sunday afternoon.
"I think he really has the capacity to bring a lot of red and blue states together for a change so that we start seeing common goals in this country. Younger people are in particular inspired by his message, and people like Barack don't come along very often."
Durbin said he told his colleague to give a possible presidential run serious consideration and determine if it's the right time, even though it's early in Obama's political career. Obama, 44, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. |
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