McConnell promising pain

A great editorial from the Herald-Leader:

Couple (Mitch) McConnell's statements to the Koch gathering with what he said in a recent Politico interview, what he says on the stump and his record, and voters can conclude:

• If re-elected, McConnell will support policies that do nothing to curb income inequality and that would, in fact, increase it, thereby stifling economic growth and jobs creation.
• McConnell also supports policies that would re-create the circumstances that led to the economic crash of 2008, from which many Americans are still trying to dig out.

The Republican leader assured the Kochs and their friends that he would use budget riders to stymie protections for consumers and the economy enacted to avoid a repeat of the financial meltdown. And he expressed contempt for policies that would help the middle class regain its economic footing, such as a minimum-wage increase, extended unemployment benefits and relief from student-loan debt.

Voters and the Bluegrass Poll

From today's Courier-Journal:

The idea of increasing the minimum wage continues to appeal to Kentucky voters, according the latest Bluegrass Poll, with a majority of people in support of raising it from the current $7.25 to $10.10 per hour.

...(Mitch) McConnell, who represents a state where some 391,000 workers earn less than $10.10 an hour, promised a group of wealthy, politically active conservatives in June that he would obstruct any effort in Congress to raise the minimum wage — among other things, according to a leaked recording of the California meeting.

His opponent, Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, lambasted him for the comments and promised to work toward increasing the minimum wage if she succeeds in her bid to deny Mr. McConnell a sixth consecutive term in the U.S. Senate.