Posted on 03/28/2013 6:33:11 AM PDT by cotton1706
In any case, Old Mitch needs Paul and the Tea Party if he wants to keep his job. Just as Orrin Hatch voted in lockstep with Mike Lee and John Cornyn is sticking close to Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell is cozying up to Paul. Who are the leaders here and who are the followers.
McConnell and Cornyn may be the actual leadership, but in reality, the real power in the senate republican caucus has shifted from them to their junior members.
He told Hannity two weeks ago that he would support McConnell. I don’t know why this is a big issue now.
Yeah. How dare we be judgmental about a supposed Tea Party darling supporting the old fat back RINOs?
We need to shut up and BELIEVE!
Shades of Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum. Didn’t go to well for Rick after his endorsement. In my opinion Old Mitch has been there to long and his spine has turned to jelly.
Oh. I saw it in two places today so thought it was news. Maybe it’s news because Judd pulled out yesterday. There’s a story on Mitch in Politico today. They’re obviously trying to shore him up because he’s the democrat’s repulican rollover man.
Too early to compare it to Specter, Santorum and Toomey. As bad as McConnell is, he’s not as bad as Specter - and from what I can tell, there isn’t a “Pat Toomey” already in the race in Kentucky now.
Yeah. How dare we be judgmental about a supposed Tea Party darling supporting the old fat back RINOs?
We need to shut up and BELIEVE!
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Wait, am I supposed to hate Paul now, too? Man, so many Republicans that I am supposed to hate, I am having trouble keeping up.
As the man said, don’t “waste your hate.” Save it for the democrats.
McConnell voted for Rand Paul’s budget that eliminates the departments of Commerce, Education, Housing, and Energy:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000582/posts
He is not a rino.
Once McConnell is safely reelected, he will work to undermine real conservatives in both the Senate and the House. It’s what he does.
What tea party?
Not a fan of McConnell, but he has stood behing Rand whil McCain and Graham have been pushing for his distruction. I realize it is likely only a factor of political necessity, but that is how politics work.
No, I don't suggest we expend that sort of energy toward any wayward politician, but we do need to keep a level headed perspective about them.
Call a spade a spade. Don't make excuses for them when they stray.
So that one vote now absolves McConnell of any and all transgressions against the conservative cause, or weakness in the face of active tyranny?
If people don’t use this against Rand Paul like they unfairly did to Santorum endoring Arlen Spector, I am going to be pissed off like you have never seen before. I am finding Rand Paul to be a politician who has zero real principles.
Then it is too early for Rand Paul to be sucking up to Mitch McConnell. Why not endorse the conservative running for that seat? That might actually give the guy some exposure. No Principles Rand Paul!!!!
Suckers.
Agree to that — no excuses.
That stated, I am all for replacing Mitch IF it is with someone who can win.
Please for the love of all that is sacred: No more Sharon Angle, Former Witches, “Legitimate Rape” debaters, and full blown morons. I’d rather have Mitch than today’s democrat any day of the week. I’d rather have Ted Cruz than Mitch, lets just make sure we get a Ted Cruz and not a Sharon Angle.
While I agree with you, McConnell is Conservative-moderate. Specter was an outright liberal and should not have been supported by any conservative.
Rand will find that the aging Mitch McC will bite him in the hand again and again, especially after 2015.
He is a lousy minority leader but his voting record is very conservative. It’s probably a bad idea to take him down before we know who would take his place.
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