Yes they will. We know they will be an enemy to our face, not an enemy behind our back. Mitch McConnell has been in Washington 30 years. He has become part of the problem. If we take him out, the other Establishment types might figure out that they need to take us seriously.
I think we will gain far more from the fear we engender in the rest of them, than that one vote we would lose by putting that Washington insider back in D.C.
If we don't start taking heads, we will be treated with impunity. In politics, if you can't swing an election one way or the other, nobody gives a d*** about you.
“If we don’t start taking heads...”
I argue we have taken heads and that’s why McConnell went scorched earth on us. The problem is exactly as you describe. By going scorched earth, he’s burnt a lot of bridges. We’ll see how well he is at mending them. I won’t be disappointed if he loses BTW, but if I was in his state, I’d either not vote or vote for McConnell. I wouldn’t elect the Democrat. Sorry.