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Mitch McConnell can be very difficult at times, but he is a tough, no nonsense conservative Republican. McConnell's ACU rating was 96 in 2001 and 100 in 2000. Overall he has an 89 lifetime rating from the ACU.

We need more people like Mitch McConnell in the Senate.

His record is fine, but the fact remains that when he took over the RSC, the reps had a 55-45 majority and all signs suggested that Republicans would pick up more in 98. It was 50-50 after 2000 when he stepped down. McConnell could do nothing about Coverdell dying and having his seat filled by Miller. The other seats- plus all the missed opportunities to take over Dem seats- do fall squarely on him. As good of a conservative as he has been- that is how lousy of a RSC chariman he was- and Pickering has payed dearly for McConnell's impotence. There is no getting around that.