Kentucky’s senior senator Mitch McConnell already was in “double trouble,” as some political writers have observed, with both a strong Democratic opponent on the left and a Republican tea party challenger to the right.
Now Mr. McConnell is getting scorn from his own campaign manager, who admits “I’m sort of holding my nose” as he works to re-elect the Republican seeking a sixth U.S. Senate term in 2014.
True, Mr. McConnell is viewed as one of the most unpopular political figures in Washington. But it’s hitting a new low when even his own campaign manager, Jesse Benton, expresses distaste.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
A nose-holder of a race
A great editorial in today's Courier-Journal:
