Rand: I'll Oppose McConnell On CR,Doesn't Pledge Support To Him As Leader

Breitbart.com ^ | September 28, 2015 | Ian Hanchett

[Biggirl]

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that he will “oppose Senator McConnell (R-KY) when he brings forward the continuing resolution,” but didn’t offer his support to McConnell staying as majority leader, citing a lack of an election or other choices, and arguing, “it isn’t about opposing a person” on Monday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel.

[Biggirl]

Could Sen. Paul be trying to do the same thing against Sen. McConnell as the House conservatives did to Speaker John Boehner, set the stage to have Sen. Mitch taken out and Sen. Rand go in?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

... set the stage to have Sen. Mitch taken out and Sen. Rand go in?

Not a chance on either. Mitch has no backbone and Rand is crazier than a, err, his dad!

[Calpublican]

{Rand is crazier than a, err, his dad!}

He’s not as grumpy.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Day late...

[gov_bean_ counter]

But at the end of the day, the nut doesn’t fall far...

[Biggirl]

Well nothing will surprise me anymore.

[j.havenfarm]

Did I miss something here? My recollection is that the Cromnibus “needed” to be passed in December to set the stage for a budget to be passed this month in regular order. If it was a budget instead of a CR, it seems to me that you could just leave out line items like Planned Parenthood, and pass it without a supermajority, because Budget Reconciliation is exempt from filibuster.