He failed to prepare the country for this fight. He failed to educate the people about the importance of advice and consent. He failed to demonstrate to the electorate how Obama is moving us toward tyranny.
He failed to make the Republican case on virtually any issue. It is only through the grace of God and the existence of computer devils that Obamacare has crashed and turned the country against it. Can you think of anything that Mitch McConnell has done to bring that about? Mitch McConnell failed to coordinate with Boehner, failed to have a coherent policy on every issue, failed to make the case to the people. Ask yourself, what is the Republican position on healthcare? They don't like it, they want it repealed, but not if there's any price to the repeal, they want it delayed, but to what purpose? Ask yourself if Mitch McConnell were the majority leader rather than minority leader would America be even 1 mm closer to repealing Obamacare? I think not.
The job of the minority leader, and the Speaker of the House when the Republicans are otherwise in the minority, is to stake out positions on all of the issues which the public can understand, support, and will vote for. Think of Newt Gingrich and The Contract with America. They are a doesn't issues which the Republicans could clearly stake out, but they have not. Mitch McConnell stands for no political tactic except rope-a-dope.
So Harry Reid and Barack Obama do not fear Mitch McConnell, they do not fear John Boehner, they do not fear the Republicans save for Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul and a few stalwarts in the House. If McConnell could articulate an attractive platform to the people, the Democrats would fear him and they would have to compromise. But they do not have to compromise, they don't even have to be polite.
But we are not exercised about the degree of in politeness, Democrats, we are terrified of their tyranny and of the reckoning that must come.
