Subject: POLITICO Huddle – NEVADA’S CAESAR – Inside Schumer’s leadership campaign – ‘THE ULTIMATE GRINDER’ – Who’s afraid of Elizabeth Warren? – RUBIO EYES APRIL 13 TO LAUNCH ’16 BID – Holmes Norton: I’ll take parking lessons
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NEVADA'S CAESAR - Jon Ralston, the dean of Nevada political journalists, pens this piece summing up retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's legacy to the Silver State: "Reid's legacy to Nevada-I will leave the DC legacy story to others-when he leaves office in 21 months will be of a man who ascended to the pinnacle and used every opportunity to turn potential power into kinetic power, whether it was using his office to send billions in projects (he always chafed at the word 'pork') to Nevada, wheedling his colleagues to support initiatives that he believed helped the state and country or sprinkling his personal anointing oil on those he deemed worthy of holding office."

--"Reid's quiet ruthlessness engenders such trepidation in Nevada that so many things-political and policy actions-have not occurred because of what he might do. But love him or hate him, fear him or embrace him, Reid's tangible roster of accomplishments is longer than the combined list of all the Nevada elected officials who have served during the last 30 years." 
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--The Las Vegas Sun puts together a timeline of Reid's political career: 
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INSIDE SCHUMER'S BID FOR LEADER - Manu Raju and Burgess Everett have the behind-the-scenes look at how quickly Schumer moved to fill the power vacuum: "Late Thursday night ... Sen. Chuck Schumer was in Sen. Harry Reid's office, the two of them choked up and nearly in tears. Reid dropped the bombshell news that would soon reshape Democratic politics in Washington and Nevada: He would retire at the end of the current Congress in early 2017, relinquishing his spot as Democratic leader that he's held for the past decade. Reid made clear to Schumer that he would support the New Yorker's campaign to succeed him - underscoring the unusually close bond and political alliance between two men with
 polar opposite personalities who have been through years of battle with Republicans."

--"After about a 15-minute chat around 8 p.m., Schumer and Reid composed themselves and walked back on the floor, telling no one about the news. Reid told Schumer not to begin contacting senators until the next morning. In giving Schumer a headsup, he effectively gave him hours of a head start to begin plotting a campaign to lock down support within the caucus through a marathon series of phone calls all day Friday." 
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THREE TAKES ON REID'S RETIREMENT from three reporters who are Hill institutions in their own right -

--John Bresnahan for POLITICO: "How a gruff, pro-gun, anti-abortion Mormon westerner with few social skills and little national name ID became one of the longest-serving Democratic leaders in Senate history is something few who don't know Reid can fathom. He is dogged, smarter than you think - or he looks - and will outplan and outhustle just about anyone - the ultimate grinder." 
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--Paul Kane for The Washington Post: "Reid was famous for his sharp tongue. Critics called Reid's most heated statements 'gaffes,' but they missed the broader point: He meant most of his insults and often was proud of them ... His soft-spoken utterances never matched the soaring oratory of contemporaries such as [former Sen. Ted] Kennedy, but his mastery of the Senate's rules and an understanding of every senator's personal and political needs made him a force." 
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--Carl Hulse for the New York Times: "He took over the top job in 2005 after Tom Daschle, then the leader, lost his re-election bid. After a tough election night in 2004, some other top Democrats suggested they might want to consider a leadership bid, but Mr. Reid had the election sewn up by the next day. He is the longest-serving member of Congress from Nevada, and the second-longest-serving Democratic leader after Mike Mansfield of Montana. Like his chief adversary, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid learned the workings of the Senate in the trenches as the vote-counting whip and takes pride in his floor expertise." 
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WHAT HAPPENS TO SENATE MAJORITY PAC? The Wall Street Journal explores what could be next for the super PAC dedicated to electing Senate Democrats that's led by Reid loyalists: "Democratic strategists described Mr. Reid as a 'tireless advocate' on behalf of Senate Majority PAC, traversing the country to help the group raise money ... Mr. Reid's leadership PAC gave $150,000 to Senate Majority PAC in 2014 and $255,000 in 2012. 'There are only a handful of senators who have moved money like that to an outside group, and Reid definitely moved the most,' said Russ Choma, an analyst at the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics." 
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IRAN BACKS AWAY FROM KEY DETAIL - The New York Times from Lausanne, Switzerland: "With a negotiating deadline just two days away, Iranian officials on Sunday backed away from a critical element of a proposed nuclear agreement, saying they are no longer willing to ship their atomic fuel out of the country. For months, Iran tentatively agreed that it would send a large portion of its stockpile of uranium to Russia, where it would not be accessible for use in any future weapons program. But on Sunday Iran's deputy foreign minister made a surprise comment to Iranian reporters, ruling out an agreement that involved giving up a stockpile that Iran has spent years and billions of dollars to
 amass." 
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WHO'S AFRAID OF ELIZABETH WARREN? Jennifer Liberto and Zachary Warmbrodt for POLITICO: "Republicans are deploying a new taunt to needle Democrats they say refuse to consider even modest changes to financial oversight laws: Why are you so afraid of Elizabeth Warren? It's part of an effort by the GOP to portray Democrats as being completely inflexible when it comes to changes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank law because they are running scared from the populist wing of the party that views Warren, the most outspoken Wall Street critic in Congress, as their champion."

--"House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told a roomful of bankers this week that getting banking bills passed, particularly any dealing with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, depends on Warren's sway over her Democratic colleagues." 
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SUNDAY SHOW WRAP-UP -

--Speaker John Boehner says on CNN that his visit to Israel, scheduled for this week, was planned months ago and isn't meant as a "victory lap" for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#39;s re-election. CNN: 
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--And Boehner, whose future as speaker is always a hot topic in Washington, adds that he'll remain in his job 'until I&#39;ve had enough of it." National Journal: 
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--Top members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees - Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) -- say Yemen could be on the cusp of a civil war. CBS News: 
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--And former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says on ABC's "This Week" that the U.S. presidency is "not some crown to be passed between two families." Who's he talking about? ABC: 
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - Nada. Enjoy it while it lasts ...

AROUND THE HILL - [See above].

GOWDY: HILLARY WIPED HER SERVER CLEAN - POLITICO's Lauren French: "Hillary Clinton wiped 'clean' the private server housing emails from her tenure as secretary of state, the chairman of the House committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi said Friday. 'While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server, it appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the Secretary to return her public record to the Department,' Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, said in a statement."

--"Clinton was under a subpoena order from the panel for all documents related to the 2012 attacks on the American compound there. But David Kendall, an attorney for Clinton, said the 900 pages of emails previously provided to the panel cover its request." 
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RUBIO EYES APRIL 13 LAUNCH - The Tampa Bay Times's Adam Smith with the scoop: "Marco Rubio has reserved the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami for an undisclosed event April 13 in what appears to be a potential, if not likely, spot for Florida&#39;s junior senator to announce his candidacy for president. A Rubio adviser stressed nothing has been nailed down for any kind of announcement ... The Freedom Tower, a Mediterranean Revival landmark beside Biscayne Bay, is apparently one of several venues under consideration by Rubio, but it could be an ideal postcard setting to kick off a presidential campaign promoting the promise and greatness of America by the son of Cuban immigrants." 
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--Must-see TV: Rubio is scheduled to appear on Fox News's "The Five" at 5 p.m. today, and a Rubio aide hints that the senator could drop some details on his looming presidential bid: 
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KENNEDY INSTITUTE OPENS - Carl Hulse for the New York Times: "When creators of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate set out to rebuild the crumbling image of the world's greatest deliberative body, they started from the ground up. The new institute, which will be dedicated on Monday to the memory of the senator who spent nearly 50 years thundering from the Senate floor, has as its centerpiece a full-scale replica of the chamber, a re-creation startlingly authentic even to those who have spent countless hours in the real thing."

--" 'I walked in there and I actually got a chill,' said former Senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican, who sits on the center's board. 'I thought, 'I have been here before.''" 
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DUCKWORTH TO ANNOUNCE SENATE BID - Her entry into the race to unseat Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) would make Illinois Senate one of the marquee Senate races of the year. The Chicago Sun-Times: "On Monday evening, Duckworth gathers some of her top donors at a home in the Hancock Center in Chicago to discuss securing the Democratic nomination to run against Kirk, who is seeking a second term ... Duckworth jumps in the Democratic primary as three other U.S. House Democrats from Illinois are considering a run: Rep. Bill Foster, Rep. Robin Kelly and Rep. Cheri Bustos." 
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PARKING LESSONS FOR HOLMES NORTON - And cheers arose from all Capitol denizens who own cars. The Washington Times: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she is taking action to improve her parking skills after a video that went viral showed her desperately struggling, and ultimately failing, to appropriately park her car outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday ... Ms. Holmes Norton told Fox 5: 'Don't worry! I have signed up for parking lessons, and I'm even thinking about upgrading to one of those self-parking cars.'" 
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FRIDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Paul Hays was the first person to correctly answer that 'National Children&#39;s Island' was the amusement park on Kingman Island, a man-made island in D.C. that would have been created under a 1996 law.

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