http://www.thehill.com/news/060204/daschle.aspxClose polls and an intense GOP drive to reclaim a prized South Dakota seat have presented Senate Democrats with a dilemma — they may have to find themselves a new leader next year.
Although no Democrat is predicting that Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle will lose his re-election battle, the fault lines of a potential leadership struggle within the Democratic Caucus are already visible. A Daschle loss would set off a scramble to succeed him as leader, as well as contests for other leadership posts.
Key Democrats say they believe Daschle will prevail in November and brushed aside one recent poll that showed the race in a virtual dead heat.
“It is totally inconsistent with any of the polls that have been out,” said Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.).
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