With Harry Reid retiring who is your choice for next minority or majority leader?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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	Elizabeth Warren
	4 (40%)
	Sherrod Brown
	1 (10%)
	Chuck Schumer
	1 (10%)
	Dick Durbin
	3 (30%)
	Al Franken
	0 (0%)
	Tammy Baldwin
	0 (0%)
	Jack Reed
	0 (0%)
	Edward Markey
	0 (0%)
	Patrick Leahy
	0 (0%)
	Other
	1 (10%)
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[JaneyVee]

1. Obvs Liz Warren.

[brooklynite]

9. How long would it take for people to call her a sell-out?

Part of the job involves cutting deals.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I'm old enough to remember when Robert Byrd beat Ted Kennedy for the job./NT

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Elizabeth Warren! I just hope she has learned enough about Senate tricks to counter

a very wily (although anti-American) Mitch McConnell. He'll try to out maneuver the next Democratic majority leader with every senatorial trick his masters instruct their high-paid lawyers to find for him.

[cali]

3. Doesn't really matter, but it won't be Warren or Brown

Probably Schumer.

[global1]

4. We'll Need Someone Who Has Been In The Senate For A While And Knows The Territory Well....

Dick Durbin is my choice. He's a seasoned Senator and is savvy in the ways and maneuvers of the Senate.

[madinmaryland]

17. Yes. I think Durbin would be a good choice.

[global1]

21. I Just Heard That Harry Reid Endorsed Chuck Schumer.....

which I think is the wrong choice - though he is a seasoned veteran. I think it's a snub to Durbin - that I thought was second in line now to Harry.

[Cosmic Kitten]

5. Russ Feingold

[cali]

7. kind of hard to have a leader who isn't in the Senate n/t

[Cosmic Kitten]

8. He will be by the time Harry is out of office

[cali]

10. Maybe, but it's ridiculous to propose someone who has been out of office for YEARS

and who hasn't even decided if he'll run.

He'd never get it. Not a chance.

I don't understand why people let their fantasies run wild over reality.

[Cosmic Kitten]

12. Are you chastising me, on the interwebs, about fantasies?!?

lighten up

It's Friday, and none of this will
have any effect on who is the
next leader, k?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. It will likely be that senator with the most chits./NT

[Proud Public Servant]

6. Love Warren, but not here

Majority Leader has to be someone who can unite the whole party and be a master or parliamentary maneuvering. Durbin for leader, Warren for chair of either Banking or Finance.

[Proud Public Servant]

11. Also, Patty Murray should be on your list (nt)

[Calista241]

15. I bet it will be Murray or Leahy

Let's face it, we're going to have to compromise at some point, and I don't want Warren to have to be the one to try and sell that.

She's better as a part of the leadership that represents us (liberals).

[cali]

16. It won't be anyone as liberal as Leahy and I doubt it will be Murray.

[jobendorfer]

18. Senate Democrats. Please. Please. PLEASE.

Do not appoint as the leader someone from a state who won his/her last
election by a 0.02% margin.

Appoint someone who has a solid position in their home state ...
so they can actually advance something that looks like a
Democratic agenda.

[karadax]

19. Kirstin Gillibrand would be my choice

She's been in the Senate for awhile. Former House member. She has shown she can evolve on some issues such as gun control.

I'm in favor of a fresh face.

[TheKentuckian]

20. Might be a fit for Whitehouse, I get the idea he gets into the nuts and bolts and can bridge gaps