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Article: Schumer not lost in crowd.(New York Senator Chuck Schumer)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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On election night, as Hillary Rodham Clinton ascended the stage at the Grand Hyatt to bask in her smashing victory, politicians and television commentators all agreed there was one big loser in the New York Senate race. No, they didn't mean the defeated Republican candidate, Rick Lazio. Nor did they mean Rudy Giuliani, who had dropped out of the race. They meant Chuck Schumer, who, despite becoming the state's senior senator, was about to be pushed out of the media spotlight. ``This is the last time Chuck Schumer will ever get on national television,'' sniffed one Republican. Conventional wisdom is usually wrong in politics, and it's never been more shallow than it is ...