yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/21/2008
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This argument sometimes works (see Tim Johnson in 2002) but it’s a real desperation strategy, something incumbent Senators only break out because they fear they’re in imminent danger of losing and don’t have much to say on their own behalf:
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell ...
politico.com - 10/28/2008
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politico.com —
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who
is up for re-election next week, issued this statement...
following the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on seven corruption counts: “This is a sad but serious day. Sen. ...
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McConnell on Stevens: 'This is a sad but serious day'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/29/2008
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell,
while campaigning in his home state of Kentucky Tuesday,...
told a reporter that convicted Sen. Ted Stevens should resign, McConnell's spokesman Dom Stewart told ...
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McConnell: Ted Stevens should resign
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McConnell Promises More Pork Despite McCain Threats
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... That's basically McConnell promising to continue the flow of porcine magma to Kentucky in perpetuity. Didn't he hear that John McCain, if elected, is going to Make McConnell Famous? Actually, as Matt Yglesias points out, McConnell's larger worry may be that the voters of Kentucky might end up making McConnell famously unemployed. ...
McConnell Promises More Pork Despite McCain Threats
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... That's basically McConnell promising to continue the flow of porcine magma to Kentucky in perpetuity. Didn't he hear that John McCain, if elected, is going to Make McConnell Famous? Actually, as Matt Yglesias points out, McConnell's larger worry may be that the voters of Kentucky might end up making McConnell famously unemployed. ...
McConnell: Bush was a ‘burden’ on my party.
Think Progress —
... Despite steadfastly supporting President Bush’s policies every step of the way, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed today how he really felt about Bush. Interviewed on NBC’s Today Show this morning, McConnell said Bush was a “ ...
McConnell: Bush was a ‘millstone’ around Republicans’ necks.
Think Progress —
... McConnell hasn’t always rejected Bush. As Matt Yglesias has noted, “It’s McConnell, after all, who was architect of the unorthodox notion that Senate Republicans should respond to losing their majority in 2006 by launching a lot of filibusters in defense of the unpopular incumbent president’s agenda.” So who is the new leader of the party? In the same interview, McConnell said, “ ...
McConnell: Bush was a ?millstone? around Republicans? necks.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... now that President Bush is gone: “President Bush had become extremely unpopular, and politically he was sort of a millstone around our necks in both ‘06 and ‘08 . We now have the opportunity to be on offense, offer our own ideas and we will win some.” McConnell hasn’t always rejected Bush. As Matt Yglesias has noted, “It’s McConnell, after all, who was architect of the unorthodox notion that Senate Republicans should respond to losing their majority in 2006 by launching a lot of filibusters in defense of the unpopular incumbent president’s agenda.” So who is the new leader ...
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