Durbin’s Two Powerful Posts

Politico: “Dick Durbin recently won the toughest race of his long career — and then immediately started charming the fellow Democrat he’d just trounced.”

“Durbin bested Sheldon Whitehouse in a fierce competition for their party’s top spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee this winter after Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stepped down from the position. But Durbin (D-IL) could not afford any long-term bad blood with his Rhode Island colleague: when he’s not leading one of the chamber’s most important committees, Durbin is also the Democratic whip in the most narrowly divided Senate in two decades.”