If we are so upset with him, and knew what he would do, why was he elected again?
If you the color of the horse and you want a change, why keep the same horse of the same color?
Because few people ever even try living by their words, much less doing it.
Matt Bevin ran a ‘poor’ primary campaign against McConnell where the word ‘poor’ means not near as much cash as McConnell was given from his oligarch backers. By oligarchs I mean billionaires that control a lot of chain businesses, casinos, hotels, etc.
McConnell also engineered the ‘Kentucky Kickback’ which is a huge pork package for all the power players in KY politics.
Still Bevin managed to pull in more than 40% of the vote against a long-term incumbent party ‘leader’ with massive fund sources. That’s saying something.
Remember that up until the final moment the GOPe was not sure they had the mid-term election in the bag. They were actually thinking they could remain the minority in the Senate. But it was Obamacare, Amnesty and Ebola that caused a surge that wiped out democrats and McConnell is unfortunately the beneficiary. During this time of election outcome uncertainty there were prominent establishment GOP Senators who were muttering that if the election didn’t go well, then McConnell’s tactics would be ‘reviewed’ meaning they would consider firing him as their leader.
The Tea Party grassroots swept away the election knowing they would lose no matter what. McConnell or Reid, what difference does it make? It was posted here on FR thousands and thousands of times that it wouldn’t make any difference which party kept the Senate. Where the real difference exists is at the State level.
The Tea Party conservative frame of mind is still learning and improving its campaigns. And importantly it is improving its funding mechanisms.
Bottom line is McConnell’s days of influence are numbered. I see him carrying water for persons with too much money for the next year and then being exposed for the fraud he is in 2016, then retiring or being retired by 2020.
He is a problem for sure as he is entirely bought and paid for. He’s just fortunate to be from a state with an old political establishment with a voter base of intimidated persons who’ve been taught to shut up and do what they’re told. He’s a mediocre politician from a mediocre state and that’s now a problem for the rest of us.