OT, but a great example that victory has many fathers...

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I remember clearly Durbin saying Obama should run, but I do not remember Reid claiming this in 2007, early 2008 he told Obama to run. Now, he may have. I have no way to know, but I have the feeling that many people in the next few months will tell us they are responsible for Obama running.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/04/27/reid_says_he_encouraged_obama_to_run.html

Reid Says He Encouraged Obama to Run
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told Barack Obama he should run for president in early 2007, telling the then-freshman senator if wanted the White House, he could win it, according to an epilogue to Reid's autobiography to be released next month.

Reid's advice came unsolicited, the majority leader told the Las Vegas Sun in an interview.

"Reid said he invited Obama to his office off the Senate floor ostensibly to discuss other matters. But actually the majority leader brought the young senator in to tell him, as Reid writes in the book, 'If you want to be president, you can be president now.'"
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