Can Insiders Be Outsiders?(Brief Article)

Imagine that you're Senator Tom Daschle. You have two somewhat conflicting goals. One is to block the worst parts of the Bush program, this year. The other is to move down the hall to the big office, the one that says Majority Leader instead of Minority Leader, probably in November 2002.

You could get lucky, so to speak. Either of the doddering ultras from the Carolinas, Thurmond or Helms, could tip partisan control of the 50-50 Senate by passing on to their respective rewards before the midterm elections (maybe to some integrated private hell where they will be eternal ...

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