Fear the turtle!
Posted on 03/20/2014 5:27:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
Let's get this out of the way now: As far as big deals coming out of Washington, this year is already junked. With the midterm elections in view for jittery lawmakers, chances for a breakthrough on an immigration overhaul, a rewrite of the tax code, or a major jobs package have all but vanished. (Take a bow, partisans.) But we could wake up Nov. 5 with a very different political order. President Obama, at that point, would still have two years in the Oval Office to seal his legacy.
Certainly the President himself will help shape that future. Beyond that, however, Obama's record is likely to depend on Republicans even more than on members of his own party. And that means that what the federal government regulates, taxes, and spends over the next several years could in large part hinge on the actions of just one 72-year-old Southerner: Mitch McConnell. Assuming he's still in office.
Which brings us squarely to the right now.
Tantalizingly close to achieving his career ambition of seizing control of the Senate, the Kentucky Republican is also as close as he's been during five terms in the chamber to being sent packing. The Senate minority leader faces battles on both flanks: on the right, with a primary challenge from multimillionaire investor Matt Bevin; on the left, with a general-election cage match that's already neck and jowl. (As of presstime, Democratic frontrunner Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's 35-year-old secretary of state, was slightly ahead in the polls.) Handicappers expect that the candidates and outside groups will spend more than $100 million on the race, much of it coming from outside the state.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
See! This is why they're going all out to protect McConnell, and why he must be removed from power one way or the other, either in May or in November.
"return the Grand Old Party to the grand old political center" We all know what that means. Minority status and defeat after defeat, all the while assisting the left.
Well....if you’ve got to say it....
Yes, I noticed that they pointed out that one of his greatest assets would be that he could help Obama solidify his legacy. That’s a really good reason to vote for him /s
He’s up 40 points on Bevins.
It’s a McConnell/Grimes shootout.
Who wants the Democrat to win?
I loathe Democrats.
I loathe turncoat Republicans.
It’s better to have a Democrat in the seat than Rino, particularly a Rino by today’s standard.
McConnell polling over Bevin (40 points is a reported McConnell Poll); however, McConnell is behind the Democrat Grimes while Bevin is ahead of Grimes(????)
“He’s up 40 points on Bevins. It’s a McConnell/Grimes shootout. Who wants the Democrat to win?”
Which Dimocrat?
The article is flawed. Bevin is not close, nor will be. McConnell’s conservative rating though not the highest is still quite good, all issues included. We need to support the better choice for America, McConnell, not Grimes
They didn't term limit themselves ( other than their affairs causing them to resign ).
I am sorry Mitch isn't cut out for what is needed, ditto that McCain, Hatch, Graham etc etc.
He is an ineffectual as a Bureaucratic Engineering Manager in the late 80's who would not or could not embrace the CAD-CAM-FEA revolution in his business unit. Like that Manager, it is time to retire and work on his golf swing.
WHO DOESN'T KNOW THIS ???
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“McConnell’s conservative rating though not the highest is still quite good, all issues included. We need to support the better choice for America, McConnell, not Grimes”
Another one successfully fooled. McConnell votes carefully to maintain his conservative rating while he undermines conservatives in both the House and Senate behind the scenes. He has worked to pack the Senate with similar moderate or liberal types or has worked to protect those that are already there.
If McConnell were just a back-bencher with his record, I would support him. But he is a scheming, back-stabbing leader who assists the democrats.
If he is nominated, conservatives should leave their ballots blank to defeat him. If he is reelected, he should be removed as leader.
If there will EVER BE A TIME to rid ourselves of RINOs—now is the TIME.
By not fighting this past year—Mitch has forfeited his place.
so when Bevin withdraws gracefully and endorses McConnell over Grimes, is he your next RINO? How about Rand Paul, another RINO for endorsing Mitch? Insistence on a purity philosophy is dangerously close to the Progressive mind set, Haven’t the secular authoritarian tyrants insisted on purity? What of the religious tyrannies? If you aint for me you agin me? Did the US agree 100% with all their allies when they have defended freedom, or were there variances and sharp differences. Lets try our best to get our tea party people in, if it aint possible, lets regroup, support the best choice for the US, and keep praying
So you prefer dirty harry reid to turtle mitch?
Would you like to see another set of libs in all the courts over the next two years because you don't think mitch is pure enough?
I'm not crazy about mitch and have and will continue to donate to Matt Bevin {have you?} but since I'm in PA and can't vote for either, if mitch wins I'm pulling for him over dirty harry.
You and the other 50-75 fanatics here at FR continue to cut off your noses to spite MY FACE.
Grow up and face reality, you don't always get what you want, and you are too old to keep holding your breath and stomping your feet until I turn blue.
Here come the righteous purist flamers but I've been shot, stabbed, knocked out, beat to hell and back, jailed and I'm still here so whatever vitriol gets thrown around, it's just words.
Sticks and stones...
If Palin endorsed Bevin its a close race.
It is never better to have a Democrat in any seat or any elected office, PERIOD!
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