[quote]Reid, Pelosi plan `shake-up`
By Alexander Bolton
Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), the Democratic leaders of the Senate and House, plan to shake up the Democratic political consulting community and break the grip that a small number of consultants have had on strategy and contracts, party sources say.
The Democratic leaders want to bring in new people with track records of success and innovation and look beyond the Beltway for message smiths to help guide the party.
Reid, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (`D-Ill`.) and other Democratic leaders recently met with Paul Harstad, the pollster who worked on the campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama (`D-Ill`.) and Ken Salazar (`D-Colo`.), the lone bright spots of the 2004 election for Senate Democrats.
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