McConnell will step down.

McConnell to Step Down as Leader at the End of the Year

Senator Mitch McConnell, the longtime top Senate Republican, said on Wednesday that he would give up his spot as the party’s leader at the end of this year, acknowledging that his Reaganite national security views had put him out of step with a party now headed by former President Donald J. Trump.

“Believe me, I know the politics within my party at this particular time,” Mr. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, said in a speech on the Senate floor announcing his intentions. “I have many faults. Misunderstanding politics is not one of them.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-senate.html

He will be remembered for his strategic savvy. His abuse of authority. His effectiveness. His disregard for what was in the interest of the American people, being subjugated in favor of his personal ambition. How he enabled the Orange Rapist. And of course for the almost incomprehensible treachery, in violation of the spirit if not the letter of Senate rules, allowing for a SC stacked with conservatives holding views far out of the mainstream.

He was a consequential figure in American politics in the worst possible of ways.

 

An overlooked aspect of McTreason's deceit was the historic obstruction of Obama's lower court nominees (leading to Reid's retaliation), allowing Trump to seat more lower court judges in one term than Obama did in two.

This is part of his legacy of abuse. One Repubs love him for..........but become apoplectic if Dems do anything close.

 

Mitch had no problem standing up to the torrent of criticism from those vested in a functional democracy, yet he failed to stand up to Trump when it mattered most.

 

I wonder if he's stepping down because he knows something.

 

For democrats. Nancy Pelosi was a consequential figure in American politics in the worst possible way for republicans.

 

That's because Republicans measure things, like you do, in terms of being good or bad for Republicans, and not of being good or bad for the country. And that's exactly the difference between Mitch and Nancy. Nancy did things she believed (right or wrong) were good for Americans. Mitch was only concerned with how to get more Republicans elected.

 

Just like when Pelosi left, this will in effect turn over the asylum to the patients. The only thing worse than some of these older dinosaurs are the morons that are going to replace them.

 

Good, Mitch the Bitch McConnell is leaving albeit years too late.

 

But not for the country.

 

Sen. Jon Cornyn, who wants to take McTreason's place, has endorsed election denying (Trump's and her own) nutbag Kari Lake. The POT Senate leadership will get closer to the House Crazies if he wins.

 

I think McConnell stepping down is a good thing but may turn out to be a bad thing. Depending on who replaces him. No doubt McConnell was one very partisan senate leader. But wasn’t any more partisan for his party than Reid was for his. I’ll never understand why McConnell didn’t have a floor vote on Garland’s SCOTUS nomination. He had 54 republican senators, more than enough to defeat the nomination which would have happened if McConnell had gone ahead with the vote. That was a dumb political move as far as I’m concerned.


Here lately though, McConnell seemed to be able to work more with Schumer than he ever could with Reid. Which is one of the reasons I think McConnell is stepping down. Trump and MAGA want him out of leadership. They’re getting their wish. Look for a more partisan, more MAGA leader to replace McConnell.


This could be one of those, “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.” Like the democrats wanting and wishing to be rid of Manchin who’ll be replace by a MAGA Republican senator, you’ll probably see the same with McConnell’s replacement.

 

Exactly...
An absolute disgrace as a Senator...
A Turtle with no personality...

 

Mitch is 82 and has shown major signs of some kinds of disabling condition. So why hasn't he been excoriated for his doddering age?

I say good riddance. And after the damage he has inflicted on the people of this country, I'm afraid I don't wish him well.

 

The same age as Biden will be come the November election and the same age that Trump will be in 2028.

 

For half the country.

 

Exactly my point - why hasn't he been cast as a weak and doddering old guy?

 

Just like how it is now with people suddenly able to look back on George W. Bush with fond memories compared to the travesty that Trump has turned Republican politics into, in a year or two when McConnell's replacement in in place, folks will suddenly realize that a guy like McConnell wasn't quite as bad as he was made out to be. That will only be possible once there's someone far worse in the office to contrast him with, like some MAGA lickspittle, which I'm sure is exactly what will happen.

 

I never thought of G.W. Bush as a bad president. I certainly wouldn’t place him in the Trump category. Of course, I never thought of Obama as a great president as some do. Both were better than Trump in my book. But who was better or worse, I’ll let historians decide that. It’s strange how different presidents always seem to carry most of their predecessor’s policies and how they governed out. The only big change was the letter behind a president’s name which the partisans, party loyalists think every president without their party’s letter behind his name was the worst president ever. Normal partisan politics I suppose even though not much changes from president to president.

 

Two of the most consequential calamities in US history happened on his watch. The invasion/occupation of Iraq and the Great Recession which has devastating repercussions for the whole world.

 

I think that they both have.

 

Except the Great Recession was caused under Clinton and both parties played a big roll. Really, if SNL can even recognize that fact, surely you can. (and I won't call you Shirley.)

 

It did not began until Clinton had been out of office for nearly 8 years. Glass-Steagall was a contributing factor but the responsibility lies with Bush admin policy and inaction.

 

He has been. It's a little scary for me. I'm only a couple years younger than these men. I still have my wits. I'd hate to think it is only temporary in such a short term.

 

I believe it was caused by a real estate debt bubble that started during the Clinton administration who wanted more people to own homes. They ended up selling them to people who couldn't afford them. Yes Bush should have seen it coming but that isn't what politicians do. They just worry about elections.

 

Kentucky Strips Dem Governor of Senate Appointment Powers.

Replacing appointment with a free election in the event McConnell doesn't complete his term.