The American people voted for a new kind of politics, not for old guard politicians to anoint themselves with titles just because they’ve held power for so long.
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The American Senate doesn't allow anyone to anoint themselves anyway. That's not how that works.
Majority leaders are just the team captains that the rest of the team settles on.
And their power is hugely overstated in the general press. They just represent the majority in a chamber of equals.
