If you’ve read this blog much then you know that I don’t have the highest regards for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. I believe he’s one of the problems with today’s Republican Party.

He’s also the major reason the current senate is controlled by Democrats.

Republican Senators follow McConnell like sheep, and if they don’t (like former fellow Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning didn’t); McConnell will screw them over (big time). Meanwhile since McConnell has been in a leadership position in the U.S. Senate the Democrats have gained the majority.

Democrats may want McConnell to stay around to keep up the good work.

So I had to smile when I heard that McConnell was supposedly secretly recorded in his Kentucky campaign headquarters discussing opposition research against potential challengers, most prominently Ashley Judd.  Continue reading →