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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Almost time to vote in another King Senate RINO.
Not to worry, he’ll thaw out very quickly where he’s going...
” 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.”
Because they like to be pantywaists.
They can’t just honestly say OUT LOUD “you’re too friggin old, you’ve been head of the conference since 2007, so go drool in the corner until you retire.”
His wife controls him/
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China controls him / her.
and the weighing continues ad infinitum ad astra forever and ever
China controls him. Wife is just an intermediary.
Time for the GOP to pick another loser.
Beat me by that much.
I kinda doubt the GOP has 5 sane, honest, ethical smart senators to do the right thing.
where is the dem meeting about biden?
Or Feinstein, or that other goof from PA.
McConnell, or whoever has his power of attorney should do the right thing and submit his resignation from Congress, at least from leadership.
Has Willard volunteered yet?
He and Biden are the same age?........................
If mitch resigned, would the governor of Kentucky appoint a replacement? The governor of Kentucky is a Democrat.
If actions do the speaking, he’s a POS.
Don’t wish him ill. But I do wish someone actually conservative replace him.
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