andgarden,
Thank you. I was on this blog (and DKos) in 2004. It should have been something I remembered.
Now, if you can answer this question, I'll really be impressed: What the HELL was the caucus thinking?
It is a thankless job. You have to deal with at least 41 Republicans who have the power to stifle bills, vote against cloture. If they do, then it is turned around on you, as in "lacking leadership." Dodd would be in that unthankful position today, with a majority of Americans(and Democrats) holding him responsible for "Congress' failure to act."
