WASHINGTON _ To ascend to one of the top two House Democratic leadership slots next year, Rep. Jim Clyburn needs to attract lawmakers like Rep. Ro Khanna.
Khanna _ an Indian-American freshman Democrat from California and proudly liberal _ didn't know much about the South Carolina Democrat until mid-October, when the two men toured historically black colleges and universities around Clyburn's district.
Now Khanna's backing Clyburn for speaker or majority leader if Democrats win control of the House, assuming Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., can't keep the job herself.
