Mitch McConnell has been the Senate Republican leader for over a decade. But some in the GOP want this year to be his last. (via MaddowBlog)
has led the Senate GOP conference for 15 years, and there’s nothing to suggest he intends to step down anytime soon.
And yet, there are occasional hints — some subtle, some less so — that McConnell’s position is not nearly as strong as it once was. Fox News ranNational Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott this week declined to back Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for another term as leader of the Senate Republicans. Scott was asked by Fox News Digital at the National Conservatism Conference if he supported McConnell in the leadership position next year.
“We’ll see what he wants to do,” the Floridian said. Scott added that he expects voters to reward the GOP with a majority, saying, “So, we’ll make a decision then.” Or put another way, for McConnell, the leadership race is a foregone conclusion. For the NRSC chair, it is not. There are a variety of related data points that have come to the fore in recent months, so let’s circle back to our
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