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Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
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Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
Monday, December 8, 2014 08:42 AM

By: Melanie Batley

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is ready to hit the ground running when the new session starts in January, and he has been laying the groundwork for the agenda of a Republican majority since last spring, he said in an interview with CQ Roll Call.

"The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.

"So what I said to the members who hoped they would be chairmen [was], 'Let's don't have that problem. Be thinking now about legislation that you have, preferably that enjoys some Democratic support, because we certainly didn't think we were going to have 60 and we don't,'" the Kentucky Republican said.

McConnell said that since the election he has reassured Democrats of his intent to work in a bipartisan way and make sure the chamber isn't hobbled by the gridlock of recent years.

"Up to half the calls I got after the election were from Democratic senators. I'm not implying that they were happy I won, but they were awfully curious as to whether I really meant it early last year when I pointed out that we needed to run the Senate in a very different way," he told Roll Call.

"I think there's going to be bipartisan gratitude for having a chance to be relevant, to not be marginalized."

At the same time, he admitted there would be issues that the parties disagreed about, such as the GOP's commitment to repeal Obamacare and spending bills that would likely create a showdown with the White House.

McConnell hit back at the notion that Republicans are the only party that experiences tension within its ranks, saying Democrats have their own intraparty differences.

"They are the ones in disarray," he said.

"They are the ones criticizing Obamacare publicly as a mistake, a political mistake. They are the ones who are suffering the embarrassment of having the president veto a bill that has just been negotiated between the Democratic majority in the Senate and the Republican majority in the House," he told Roll Call, referring to the president's recent threat to veto tax breaks for businesses which has bipartisan support among lawmakers.

Meanwhile, McConnell said one of his top goals is to demonstrate that the Republican Party is capably of governing.

"What we want to be is a responsible, right-of-center governing majority," McConnell told Roll Call. "We don't intend to engage in rhetoric nor actions that rattle the public, that rattle the markets."

He said he is also hopeful that he will have a constructive relationship with President Barack Obama.

"The president and I did have a chance to talk this week and hopefully that will not be as unusual as all of you thought it was," he told Roll Call.

"And the reason you thought it was, is, it was unusual. Hopefully we will have a greater opportunity to talk about the way forward more frequently."
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 04:00:26 pm »
Mitch McConnell: The Ambrose Burnside of politics.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 04:08:50 pm »
Mitch McConnell: The Ambrose Burnside of politics.

If not the Bennedict Arnold!
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 04:15:04 pm »
If you pick up a turd and look underneath, you'll see Mitch McConnell.

 **nononono*

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 04:28:53 pm »
"What we want to be is a responsible, right-of-center governing majority," McConnell told Roll Call. "We don't intend to engage in rhetoric nor actions that rattle the public, that rattle the markets."

The hair-on-fire, burn-it-down Cruz approach is in the rear view mirror.  Good.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 04:29:47 pm »
If you pick up a turd and look underneath, you'll see Mitch McConnell.

 **nononono*

More of the low-class commentary that spoils this place for visitors.

Is that really necessary? 
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 04:40:58 pm »
"What we want to be is a responsible, right-of-center governing majority," McConnell told Roll Call. "We don't intend to engage in rhetoric nor actions that rattle the public, that rattle the markets."

The hair-on-fire, burn-it-down Cruz approach is in the rear view mirror.  Good.

Yeah, except that Ted Cruz tells the truth, if McConnell's lips are moving - he's lying,

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2014, 04:42:16 pm »

Good old GOP.

Surrendering before they even get to the starting line...

Why oh why are they so 'stupid'...       :silly:


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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2014, 04:44:09 pm »
More of the low-class commentary that spoils this place for visitors.

Is that really necessary?

As a Mitch McConnell constituent, I found it extremely appropo.

You see Sink, as much as you despise Ted Cruz, I despise Mitch McConnell.

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2014, 04:45:35 pm »
Yeah, except that Ted Cruz tells the truth, if McConnell's lips are moving - he's lying,

I personally wouldn't trade one Ted Cruz for a train load of Mitch McConnels! But that's just me and a few million of my closest friends!
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2014, 05:23:45 pm »
I hate these bipartisan types.  :chairbang:


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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2014, 07:24:07 pm »
I hate these bipartisan types.  :chairbang:

Being bipartisan with today's Democrat party is like dealing with the Devil - very little common ground to work with there.  More like - we must stop them at all costs!

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2014, 07:27:34 pm »
I hate these bipartisan types.  :chairbang:

To an inside the beltway democrat (any one you choose) cooperate means "to hell with your principles, do it my way or else!!!"
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2014, 07:39:35 pm »
It seems to me that "bipartisanship" means the Republican's give the Democrats everything they want and the Democrats will let them.   :shrug:

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2014, 07:40:36 pm »
It seems to me that "bipartisanship" means the Republican's give the Democrats everything they want and the Democrats will let them.   :shrug:

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2014, 07:51:00 pm »
As a Mitch McConnell constituent, I found it extremely appropo.

You see Sink, as much as you despise Ted Cruz, I despise Mitch McConnell.

 :seeya:

I don't despise Ted Cruz.  Hell, I voted for him.  I just don't like his style of politics. He's a bombthrower and bombthrowers (i.e., Newt Gingrich) have a hard time working with other people.

McConnell, OTOH, looks to be restoring regular order and is ready to get past the do-nothing Harry Reid Senate.  HE will get more accomplished than Cruz will. 

You demean yourself with such crude analogies.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2014, 08:55:23 pm »
More of the low-class commentary that spoils this place for visitors.

Is that really necessary?

Shouldn't you be taking all this personally and be telling someone to "piss up a rope"?
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2014, 08:58:29 pm »
I don't despise Ted Cruz.  Hell, I voted for him.  I just don't like his style of politics. He's a bombthrower and bombthrowers (i.e., Newt Gingrich) have a hard time working with other people.

McConnell, OTOH, looks to be restoring regular order and is ready to get past the do-nothing Harry Reid Senate.  HE will get more accomplished than Cruz will. 

You demean yourself with such crude analogies.

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2014, 09:06:44 pm »
I don't despise Ted Cruz.  Hell, I voted for him.  I just don't like his style of politics. He's a bombthrower and bombthrowers (i.e., Newt Gingrich) have a hard time working with other people.

McConnell, OTOH, looks to be restoring regular order and is ready to get past the do-nothing Harry Reid Senate.  HE will get more accomplished than Cruz will. 

You demean yourself with such crude analogies.

My comments were from the heart, I have a 30 year history of being lied to by Mitch and I meant every word I said.  I stand by my comments - loud and proud!  Before it's all over, others here will too!

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2014, 10:44:06 pm »
My comments were from the heart, I have a 30 year history of being lied to by Mitch and I meant every word I said.  I stand by my comments - loud and proud!  Before it's all over, others here will too!

I've been around these forums for a long time. I've actually been paying attention.

There's a propensity for people to assign ideals, beliefs and courses of action to politicians that the politicians themselves neither proposed, or could actually deliver even if they had. There's also a huge cult of personality and messiah factor in politics these days. We saw it in Obama, and (to a degree) in Sarah Palin and now Ted Cruz.

These are politicians. They are not messiahs or saviors or miracle workers.

They are not Reagan.

Hell... Reagan's not Reagan. We remember him like we remember those football games we played back in High School. We caught some touchdowns, but not as many, and the Friday night lights weren't as bright as we recalled them being.

Politicians  are elected to serve and govern, not to rule, but we (both sides of the political spectrum) have come to believe that when we elect a majority, we have elected rulers.

Politicians are supposed to go to DC and work to represent the views all citizens, and the only way that can be accomplished is via negotiations and bipartisanship. But the idea of bipartisan government has somehow come to be understood as a bad thing by the polity.

We spend way too much time trying to figure out how to rule one another by way of force of government, and as a result, all our liberties are slowly lost and our nation decays.   

Sad.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2014, 10:46:30 pm »
The only thing that's possibly worse than our government, is the people's lack of understanding of how our government is supposed to work.

Yeah! Exactly right! FAR to many have no clue as to how our government is supposed to work and you may just be one of them!

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2014, 11:00:47 pm »
Wow, just raise the white flag upon entering the room.

Here's my method of 'bi-partisianship' with Democrats: Give them a turd on a plate, tell them it's a gold bar, charge them 10X what it's worth, then promise only to give it to them one little piece at a time, and then  threaten to take it from them if they don't behave. When they give in, give them a double piece up front so they can go run to the media and tell them how they sucker the GOP out of a double portion and you accuse them of being partisan and divisive. Then you fill the amendment tree on them for a few of the bigger bills, just 'cause you can, and ram some bills thru late in the nite when they aren't there.

You get my drift.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2014, 11:17:52 pm »
This last election was not about being bipartisan it was about following the constitution and standing up to Obama and his criminal cohort's. The stupid republican rhino's didn't get the message at all and the republican party will lose even more voters this next election like me who is just giving up and letting the trash take over this country. If he gives in to the democrats me and a lot of other voters will lay low and live our lives under the radar not caring what happens to this country or the damn socialists and the damn republican party unless by chance another party comes onto the scene. I guess my kids and grandkids will  have to fend for themselves with no help from me. I feel for them having to live with such corrupt leaders under a hammer and sickle I tried and so did lots of other voters this time but crap people are still in charge of this country.

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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2014, 11:46:25 pm »
Then you all be ready to be ruled by that which you hate the most.

We can't f#cking agree on whether it's morning or night, and they just want to wipe us out, and there's more of them.

This is such a waste of my time.
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Re: Mitch McConnell: My Senate Will Be Bipartisan and Effective
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2014, 12:06:38 am »
Then you all be ready to be ruled by that which you hate the most.

We can't f#cking agree on whether it's morning or night, and they just want to wipe us out, and there's more of them.

This is such a waste of my time.

NO there are NOT more of them! Which is why they are DESPERATELY trying to manufacture more of them!
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