Sam Stein

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in a statement, which is the letter he sent to Reid before Reid passed, Obama says it was determinative "I wouldn’t have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and I wouldn’t have got most of what I got done without your skill and determination.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021

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@ryangrim Who knows if it was determinative. But i think it’s been understated how important Reid was to getting Obama to run for president. Their conversation in 2007, in which he essentially said the Senate was not enough for the then freshmen from Illinois, was a massive green light — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021

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"As different as we are,” Obama wrote Reid. "I think we both saw something of ourselves in each other - a couple of outsiders who had defied the odds and knew how to take a punch and cared about the little guy. And you know what, we made for a pretty good team." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021