So, the Kentucky kickback in Mitch's latest cave-in on the shutdown/debt ceiling isn't reason enough to bounce him from the Senate?
Assuming we follow your assinine suggestion, what good would examining Mitch's record do? Really, how hard is it for Mitch to establish a conservative voting record when he allows Harry Reid to set the agenda and language of every bill? Beyond that, where is McConnell when it comes to the PR side of the job on setting the tone of GOP opposition? On very rare occasions, he has choked out half-competent statements of conservative beliefs, but you could tell his heart really wasn't in it. The stench of capitulation simply exudes from every pore of his body.
Perhaps McConnell would be adequately conservative on his individual voting record to be a back bencher in the Senate, but he is woefully moderate as the GOP Senate Leader. I really don't care if Mitch remains in the Senate as a somewhat conservative back bencher, but I want him out as a leader. I don't even want him as a chairman or ranking member of a committee. And that's the problem. Congressional leaders NEVER step down from leadership unless they are forced out by scandal or individual electoral defeat in their home state.
In sports, they say you can't fire an entire team or a handful of players if the team performs poorly. Sometimes you have to fire the coach - even if the coach is a good guy or doing a good job or working hard. It's time to fire our coaches in both the House and Senate!
Well, gee. Let me think about that for a minute. Hmmm. I don't know. Perhaps his voting record would tell us where he stands on limited government, the 2nd Amendment, States' Rights, abortion, gay marriage, taxes, individual liberty and other conservative issues?
Really, how hard is it for Mitch to establish a conservative voting record when he allows Harry Reid to set the agenda and language of every bill?
You think McConnell allows Harry Reid to set the agenda? Clearly, you don't understand Senate Rules. McConnell does what he can to obstruct Reid's agenda, which is why the Democrats have labeled him "Senator Gridlock," but he doesn't have the ability to set the agenda in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell may not be the leader we want or need, but he is not an enemy. He is a solid conservative on many issues. I never claimed that he should remain the Senate Minority Leader, which by the way is an elected position. He doesn't have to step down. Senate conservatives can vote for someone else as Minority leader if that's what we want and need.
The poster to whom I was responding suggested that if McConnell gets on the ballot that conservatives should either not vote for him or vote for the Democrat. That, FRiend, is assinine.