“The best strategy, which is epitomized in Hillary Clinton, is just demonstrate that you’re a workhorse, not a show horse,” said Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, a longtime Senate aide before his appointment to the seat vacated by Vice President Joe Biden. “Looking back over the senators who have come in with higher profiles, just about all of them have taken that approach.”
Those who have instead sought to use the Senate as a platform for instant fame have generally been one-termers, he said…
Similarly, Obama, who arrived in the Senate on the heels of his star-making 2004 Democratic convention speech, tried to carve out an image of seriousness, partnering with Indiana Republican Sen. Dick Lugar to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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