The public might assume that Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republicans, would be among those working furiously to avoid the cliff by trying to resolve the faux budget crisis his party helped create. The public would be wrong.
...Having already stockpiled more than $7 million toward his re-election in 2014, Mr. McConnell is exploiting the current fiscal crisis as a fund-raising opportunity.
In an email blast to supporters — sent the day after he earned national ridicule for filibustering his own bill — “Team Mitch” cited the pending fiscal crisis as a reason for donors to give him even more money.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Mitch McConnell cashing in on fiscal cliff
A great editorial in today's Courier-Journal:
