Tuesday was supposed to be a big day for Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt, a little-known first-term junior Senator whose main claim to fame thus far was the 25 lawsuits he filed against President Joe Biden’s administration in a span of 20 months while Missouri’s attorney general.

But congressional hearings have long been a place not to do actual legislating but to make a name for oneself, and Schmitt was going to take his opportunity on Tuesday, when he got to question former Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Earlier that morning a short news item — just 80 words — popped up on Axios. The headline:

“Sen. Eric Schmitt Is Drawing Buzz as a Possible Vance VP in 2028.”

The body of the story, in part, read:

“First-term Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) – who was a tough-on-crime state attorney general, and now is vice chair of the Joint Economic Committee — has grown close to Vice President Vance........

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