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...clearly don't understand the way the Senate works. Not only is majority leader actually a tedious, behind-the-scenes managerial position, but the current holder of that position, Harry Reid of Nevada, is a lot more popular in his party than outsiders realize, and his chief deputies, Dick Durbin and Charles Schumer, have their own ambitions. Senators want a leader they can call at any hour with complaints - in other words they want a referee, not a superstar. "The Senate needs to work on an hourly basis, a lot of labor-intensive work, and it's a major shift...
...Senate. "I don't see Senator Clinton taking a position in the formal Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, but instead using her committee positions and public stature to play an important legislative and political role," said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "Reid and Durbin's positions are secure and Clinton's comparative advantages do not connect well to their jobs...
...meantime, he has become one of the most well-regarded and sought-after Democratic pollsters, giving campaign advice to a host of Senators, including Illinois's Richard Durbin, New York's Charles Schumer, Vermont's Patrick Leahy and North Dakota's Kent Conrad. He also did work on Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. "On the Democratic side," says one campaign veteran, "he is a totally trusted person...
...Canvassing with Dick Durbin was probably one of the more memorable experiences I’ve had,” Lee says. “He’s one of the most prominent senators in the United States, and yet he’s knocking on the doors, and you’re beside him every step...
...driving Durbin around and hugging Oprah probably weren’t as exciting as a certain basketball game he was able to play...