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Steele's Senate Forefather

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Ed Brooke, the first popularly elected black U.S. senator, weighs in on the Republican Party’s new black chairman, Obama’s tack to the center, and why he feels like the new president could be his son.

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L To R: Frank C. Curtin / AP Photo; Clarissa M. Rucker / AP Photo

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