Mitch McConnell's real priorities

MoveOn takes on Mitch McConnell in their latest ad. Check it out:

Not in the room with Sen. McConnell

A great editorial from today's Courier-Journal:

Well, there he goes again. More words and more headlines after a recording of Mr. McConnell was leaked this week.

If the senator's voice is muffled and faint, the message is not: It's vintage Mitch McConnell. It reflects his actions and his votes of the past several years. And it promises more of the same if he's re-elected by the people of Kentucky and returned to Washington for a sixth term.

Only the senator wasn't speaking to the people of Kentucky in the recording when he promised not even to allow debate on increasing the minimum wage, of extending unemployment, of refinancing student loan debt.

'Jumping the shark' with divisive tactics

A great editorial in today's Herald-Leader:

Sen. Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign jumped the shark Monday when it put out on Twitter a graphic with these words: "There's one reason there's a depression in Eastern Kentucky, Barack Obama."

Anyone who knows anything about Kentucky, no matter their politics, will find this statement insulting to the intelligence.

Eastern Kentucky's poverty predates the current president by a long, long time. Remember all those news stories earlier this year about the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson launching the War on Poverty in Martin County?

For Mitch McConnell, it's all about him

An excellent editorial from the Courier-Journal about last weekend's speeches at Fancy Farm:

Mr. McConnell, 72, leader of the Republicans who hold a minority in the Senate, listed as his top priority... himself.

"There's only one way to begin to go in a different direction," he thundered in the closing line to a speech that lasted under six minutes. "That's to change the Senate and make me the leader of the new majority and take America in a different direction."

While identifying his personal advancement to Senate majority leader as an overriding goal, Mr. McConnell gave scant attention to the more than 4 million Kentuckians he represents in Washington. He acknowledged only vaguely the unenviable plight of some people in his impoverished state with dismal rankings in so many areas including education, death and disease.