Chuck Schumer -- one of the "architects," as it were, of the Dems' Senate takeover -- is confirming that he'll likely stay on as head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee for another two years at Harry Reid's request. "I'm likely to take it," Schumer has just told The Politicker blog's Jason Horowitz, confirming an anonymously-sourced report in today's New York Post. The Post recaps some of Schumer's tactics:

* Controlling the hires of candidates' top campaign staff.

* Giving $1 million off the bat to vulnerable incumbents in red states to scare off Republican challengers.

* Signing off on campaign ads and requiring candidates respond within 24 hours of an attack against them.

The Post, predictably, also claims that Schumer's success was based on his pick of "moderate" Dems to knock off GOP incumbents. While it's true that Dem Bob Casey, who took out Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, is anti-abortion, Ohio Senator-elect Sherrod Brown is a strongly progressive economic populist, while Montana Senator-elect Jon Tester is an organic farmer who called for repeal of the Patriot Act. Schumer's success was in picking strong and aggressive candidates, not simply moderate ones.