Dems' 'Edgy' Campaign Leaders Break Tradition
L.A. Times reporter Janet Hook's "Meet the Powers Behind the Democrats' Strategy" profiles DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel, chair of the DCCC. Hook credits both men with "an aggressive intensity." She also discusses their conflict over campaign spending with Howard Dean and the politics behind some of their controversial decisions on strategy, including Schumer's tradition-breaking endorsement of primary candidates.