When barack obama ran for president in 2008, he often told the story of his favorite bipartisan bromance. "Politics doesn't have to divide us," he said in his announcement speech. "I've worked with Republican Senator Dick Lugar." Obama went on to affectionately name-check Indiana's longest-serving Senator in a debate, on the campaign stump and even in a television ad. Lugar, in turn, praised Obama, even though he'd endorsed John McCain. "I'm pleased we had the association Senator Obama describes," he told reporters then.
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