Posted on 09/23/2013 4:16:05 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As Congress trudges toward its next budget showdown, the Mr. Fix-It of Washington is looking more like its Invisible Man as he balances his leadership imperatives with his re-election ones.
Mr. McConnell is dealing with an unwanted primary challenge from a well-financed Tea Party candidate who keeps telling Kentucky voters the senator is an establishment pawn.
Mr. McConnell is leading his challenger by a large margin in internal polls. But after Tea Party candidates rose from nowhere in the past two elections to beat veteran senators, Mr. McConnell is leaving nothing to chance.
“He’s got an election,” said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader. “And that’s his No. 1 concern. I hope we can work together on things, but we’ll just have to wait and see.”
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McConnellCare.
After what he did tonight, I may even give to his Democratic Challenger. I am so p-o’d I could scream...
“He’s got an election,”
There is something jokeworthy about that line.
Mr. McConnell is dealing with an unwanted primary challenge from a well-financed Tea Party candidate who keeps telling Kentucky voters the senator is an establishment pawn.
When did he get promoted to pawn?
On thing we know: If Harry Reid could vote for McConnell he would.
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