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...Senate Democrats will set the tone of their relationship with the President next week when they decide who should become their minority leader. The battle for the job pits two members who embody different skills and priorities. Connecticut's Christopher Dodd is seen as a tough fighter and good debater concerned first with his and his colleagues' survival. South Dakota's unpretentious Tom Daschle is better liked, but many Senators, including some who support him, worry that he is too willing to push Clinton's agenda...
...that the President will get blind support from either one. Says Dodd: "We want Clinton to succeed but not at our expense. This wasn't just a speed-bump election. It was sweeping, and we're nervous about this President. The surest road to our own defeat is to be knee-jerk cheerleaders for the Administration...
...Dodd and Daschle differ on some hot issues as well. Dodd supports a moment of silence in schools; Daschle doesn't. Dodd opposes term limits; Daschle favors them. Dodd views a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as "the worst kind of gimmick, a prescription for chaos designed to get us off the hook by having us avoid our duty, which is to cut the deficit on our own initiative." Daschle supports the amendment, apparently with an eye to public relations rather than policy. "We Democrats have a perception problem," he argues. "The public thinks we're only about taxing...
Public presentation is another area in which Dodd has the edge. Daschle's a genius at stroking the Senate's outsize egos, but the prospect of his holding his own against the new majority leader, Robert Dole, seems remote. "Bob will eat him for lunch on the talk shows," says a Democratic Senator. "At least with Dodd against Dole you'd get a good matchup...
...leadershipin the more conservative Senate is far from certain. The likely favorite to succeed Maine's George Mitchell as Senate leader was Jim Sasser of Tennessee, but Sasser was the victim of a shocking upset Tuesday. Sources tell TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty that a top contender is Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. "I've been told that he's interested and he's making a round of calls," Tumulty says. At 50, Dodd has 14 years in the Senate, and has made children's issues andforeign policy his forte. Another serious contender for the position is South Dakota Senator...