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schumer begins to see his influence passing before his eyes, decides it's time to hedge his bets?

Schumer Makes the Case for Obama-Clinton '08
by Jason Horowitz | May 12, 2008

Schumer Makes the Case for Obama-Clinton '08 | The New York Observer


Eliot Brown passes on a couple of Chuck Schumer quotes from a Crain's breakfast today at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown:

On the viability of an Obama/Clinton ticket: “At first I thought it wasn’t but I do think it could be.”

On voters: “They’re worried, and they want somebody to come in and say I can help a little bit you with healthcare, and paying for college, and all these things, and a Democratic candidate is more likely to do it. Hillary and Barack have both run very strong and great races, and I think they’d be a strong ticket together.”

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TrueBlueAmerican

We need to start working on getting her out of that Senate seat in New York.. and not on giving her even more power.

Quite frankly, we should exile her to an island off the coast of Alaska and put her under house arrest. Then make arrangments to keep her there after the next regime change, er I mean election.

itsmeeeeeee

ha! i see harry reid poo-fooed any talk of her becoming majority leader, today.

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Mithrall

Ohhh where was that? I wanna hear it.

HarperLee

From HuffPo, today, Reid Rebuffs Idea of Senate Majority Leader Clinton:

Sen. Harry Reid on Monday brushed off the notion that he has any plans to cede his Majority Leader title once Hillary Clinton returns to the Senate full-time.

Asked by The Huffington Post about reports that Clinton may be eyeing Reid's spot if (as seems likely) her presidential run is unsuccessful, the Nevada senator at first offered some humble niceties.

"I do this job the best I can, with the full support of my senators," he said during a small breakfast with reporters. "I feel very comfortable with where I've gotten."

But Reid, the former amateur boxer, couldn't help finishing with a gentle jab.

"Keep in mind also, a senator coming back who's run for president is not a very unique one," Reid said to laughter. "Senator John Kerry ran, he's back. Chris Dodd ran, he's back. Joe Biden ran, he's back."

Those senators have been plenty busy since returning from the campaign trail, Reid added, and "Senator Clinton has some very fine committee assignments."
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