[upchuck]

From the article:

The assignment will give the influential Democratic freshman an powerful perch to push her party toward the left on critical financial issues.

Powerful perch? Influential Democrat[ic] freshman?

Wonder what they're smoking over at The Hill?

And who was responsible for the outstanding grammatical error in this sentence, Sylvan or Scott.

[jazusamo]

Yep, typical Hill liberal slant, they just can’t help themselves.