Check out this item from the National Journal's "Hotline" -
"According a Dem source, Obama "used his new star status" within the Dem Party to raise more than $130K for the DSCC "in less than 30 minutes" during call time with Sen. Min. Leader Tom Daschle (D) on 3/30. As a non-incumbent candidate raising money for the DSCC, this "says something about his star status and how much he wants to come into the Senate in the majority" (Hotline sources, 3/31)."
Can you imagine his star power once he becomes the junior senator from Illinois!