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If Senator from Illinois Barack Obama decided he hadn't served in the Senate long enough to distinguish himself, who would have made a serious challenge for the front-runner, Senator from New York Hillary Rodham Clinton? Obviously none of the candidates of OTL would, but maybe candidates that sat 2008 out? Some names I thought of included:
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota