FRANKFORT, Ky. -- FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In the midst of a double-barreled re-election fight, Mitch McConnell is earning praise back home from some unlikely corners for brokering the deal that ended the partial government shutdown and averted a potential default on U.S. debt.
"He did yeoman's work making sure this thing got fixed," said Owensboro tobacco farmer Rod Kuegal, a Democrat.
Newspaper opinion pages that typically disagree with McConnell also give him positive marks. Among them: the Lexington Herald-Leader, which said McConnell "does deserve credit for what he does best — managing in the real, messy world of democratic government."While McConnell may have temporarily hushed Democratic foes who call him "the guardian of gridlock," his collaboration with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to break the impasse again riled tea party Republicans and other conservatives who long have criticized him."We're feeling betrayed," says Tim Isaac, a tea party Republican in Wilmore who owns a small information technology company. "Either he's one of us or he's not, and based on what he did," he's not.
this is why the republican party is where they are, they praise McConnell for correcting the the nation killing action against America they caused and Texas just as bad praising Cruz for leading them into that quagmire, were they praising him when they were furloughed or were short on living expenses if the were then they are stupid if they didn't they were really stupid.
and this guy who says he's feeling betrayed and he's not with them because he did come to his senses, is a brain dead masochist.
He could stand firm with conservative demands for more spending cuts — a move that could help overcome a challenge from tea party-backed Matt Bevin — while angering everyone else he'd need to win another term.Or he could look to next fall and broker a deal with Democrats. That would enrage the tea party but endear himself to the broader electorate of independents and moderates whose backing he will need in the general election against Democrat Alison Lundergan GrimesIn the end, McConnell's decision suggested a confidence that he can overcome such gripes from the tea party, which has never fully warmed to him. It also reflected his campaign's belief that he'll ultimately win the primary over Bevin and will face a tougher fight from Grimes in the general election next fall.
has he fired the first salvo to let the T-Per's know they are not as scary as they think they are, if so kudos to him and let's see if others who realize right from wrong follow suit and put an end to them before they end them, they are out there but will they pull back the curtain?
