If McConnell was really as much a Dem stooge/enabler as people claim, wouldn’t he have worked just as hard to hand the seat now held by Rand Paul to them a cycle ago?
I mean, I know that he tried to undermine Paul (which was dumb) but if McConnell wanted to keep the Senate in Dem hands he could have destroyed Paul pretty easily.
Listen, I’m not saying that there aren’t a lot of good reasons to oppose McConnell. And I’m certainly not endorsing him as the guy I really want. But I’m trying to be strategic here following heartbreaking losses in IN, MO, DE and NV over the last few cycles. And I’m seeing a of ill considered if not irrational and completely short sighted arguments being put forward by folks I have a good deal of respect for (but also high expectations of)
I’ll say it again, our vote doesn’t matter anymore. National-impacted elections will be ‘decided’ by the “machine” with ‘theater’ crafted to placate the masses into thinking we have an actual ‘choice’ in selecting our rulers.
But then, I’m in a tiny minority of folks not infected with Normalcy Bias and understand the fact that we have been overthrown in a Marxist coup that most want to pretend did not happen.
McConnell and Boehner have enabled much of what Obama has gotten away with. It may be more advantageous for Obama to keep McConnell in his position than to simply have a rubber stamp freshman without the power seat, it keeps the illusion alive and well.