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GOP senators weigh 'special' meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze
Yahoo News ^ | 8/31/23 | Burgess Everett

Posted on 08/31/2023 11:13:38 AM PDT by cotton1706

A handful of GOP senators is weighing whether to force a fraught internal debate about their leadership's future after Mitch McConnell’s second public freeze-up in a month.

Some rank-and-file Republicans have discussed the possibility of a broader conversation once senators return to Washington next week, according to a person directly involved in the conversations who confirmed them on condition of anonymity. Party leadership is not currently involved in those discussions, and nothing has been decided yet, this person added.

It takes just five Republican senators to force a special conference meeting, which is the most direct way to have a specific discussion about the minority leader after his public pause on Wednesday revived questions about his condition. But the Senate GOP also holds private lunches two or three times a week, giving members another forum for hashing out the direction of the party’s leadership — one that could forestall the need for a special confab.

And McConnell’s health is a touchy subject: The 81-year-old, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, doesn’t like to discuss it. Even detractors of the Kentucky Republican's leadership style are sensitive to the health issues he faces after falling in March and suffering a concussion.

Even so, the question now facing the GOP is whether McConnell’s health hastens a transition atop the conference leadership that has to happen eventually. McConnell squashed his first-ever challenge last fall from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on a 37-10 vote.

If a special conference meeting doesn't happen, the issue could be punted until after the 2024 election. However, a special meeting would undoubtedly draw more media attention that would amplify the risk of specifically broaching the touchy topic of McConnell's leadership. And his own support may be relatively unchanged even after the two summer pauses.

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To: silverleaf

“McConnells wife must be an ambitious harpy, to allow a once-proud man to be on display in such an appalling debilitated state. Elder abuse.”

She got a cabinet post in the past two Republican administrations as a payoff. The two of them lust after power, like all oligarchs.


41 posted on 08/31/2023 11:50:52 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: silverleaf

Not Elder Abuse.

The Republicans are trying to prove their POTATO McConnell is a better POTATO than the Democrats POTATO Biden.

It’s a Battle of SPUDS!!!! Which one will get Mashed First???


42 posted on 08/31/2023 11:55:10 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Okay, that’s two things in the last 20 years.

No one else would have done their job in that position?

I grow tired of being reminded he did what his job called
for as if that was remarkable. It wasn’t. It was simply
what was called for, and he did it.

He’s not a hero for doing his job.

What did he do above and beyond the call? Did he do the
rest of his job? No.

Did he champion Conservatism. Did he speak out forcefully
every time the Democrats sought to abuse their positions?

Did he come up with creative ways to improve the
Conservative condition. When he saw what was happening
with schools in our nation, did he speak out against it
or come up with a fix?

Did he cooperate with the house to prevent any of what is
happening these days, from happening?

Did he defend Trump at all?

He was MIA for 98% of the time.


43 posted on 08/31/2023 11:56:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: cotton1706

McConnell has taken massive bribes from the communists. Both Chinese and Russian/Ukraine. Just like Biden and too many others.


44 posted on 08/31/2023 11:58:01 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Sicon
We need mandatory retirement of Congresscritters at the age of 75, max.

I'd prefer an annual physical and actual cognitive test.

45 posted on 08/31/2023 11:58:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Sirius Lee
Speaking of which, why can't we be like the Eskimos and put these geezers out on the ice flow?

Because we aren't on the ragged edge of survival, we have the ability to care for the infirm.

We won't starve if granny's moaning and groaning scares off game, nor will we freeze to death if dragging granny along keeps us from getting to shelter before nightfall.

46 posted on 08/31/2023 12:31:13 PM PDT by null and void (It's 10 o'clock, does the president know where he is?)
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To: cotton1706

Its more likely partial complex seizures. I get the same blank stare when I have them. If so he probably is ok to work. When not having a seizure you’re fine and perfectly normal.


47 posted on 08/31/2023 12:32:46 PM PDT by Cherokee Conservative (If a tree falls over in the woods, and then snaps back upright as a joke, do the squirrels laugh?)
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To: cotton1706

Hés brain dead Jim.


48 posted on 08/31/2023 12:45:28 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: Dilbert San Diego

As pointed out, the Demonrat Governor is required to appoint a Republican. BUT, he is threatening to ignore that and appoint a Stalinazi Demonrat instead and let it drag through the courts (which I’m sure they could easily find a Derp State judge that would sign off on this).


49 posted on 08/31/2023 2:35:39 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: cotton1706

Question: What do all of the following legislators have in common?

1. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
2. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
3. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
4. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Answer: They all have a conservative rating of “F”

https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com


50 posted on 08/31/2023 5:04:05 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: AnthonySoprano

Many of these guys call each other names on TV and then golf together the next day.

It’s just all part of the show.

On all the big issues, the actual important stuff, they often see eye to eye because both sides are bought and essentially indistinguishable, example trade with PRC.


51 posted on 09/01/2023 1:55:29 AM PDT by Red6
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To: null and void
Because we aren't on the ragged edge of survival, we have the ability to care for the infirm.

Metaphor, old boy. Eskimo ice flows are a metaphor. We should be able to retire decrepit senators when they are no longer compos mentis.

52 posted on 09/02/2023 10:21:02 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

Why stop at senators?


53 posted on 09/02/2023 10:30:59 AM PDT by null and void (It's 10 o'clock, does the president know where he is?)
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