It’s no secret that Congress is highly unpopular with the American people. For years, it consistently has ranked near the bottom of U.S. institutions. This month’s Gallup/Newsweek poll put its disapproval at 80%. But how about its leaders? Veteran pollster and TV host Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research, surveyed 2,000 registered voters last week […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took a shot at Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, accusing the former Fox News host of turning Americans against the idea of sending aid to Ukraine. “I think the demonization of Ukraine began by Tucker Carlson, who in my opinion ended up where he should have been all along, which is […]
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell has participated in a long, tenured career in the Senate, witnessing countless changes, not just to Congress, but the United States as a whole. Unfortunately for the longtime Republican politician, the clock never stops ticking. His clock continues to get closer to running out, prompting him to take his leave from […]
Angela Chao, the late sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was heavily under the influence of alcohol and accidentally drove her car into a pond on the night she died, a new report from a Texas sheriff’s office says. Chao’s death was reported last month, but few details were released about the accident that […]
President Joe Biden can attempt to deny that he has now publicly engaged in election interference, but no thinking American voter is going to buy that argument. Of course, he was only following in the footsteps of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who in a Senate floor speech on Thursday said that it was time […]
There is a lot of agreement that a guy named John is the frontrunner to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. But after that, not so much. A report in The Hill sums up the race to lead the Republican conference as a contest of “three Johns” — Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, John […]
With yesterday’s announcement from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will step down as the Republican Senate leader in November, conservatives have a generational opportunity. McConnell has been the Senate’s GOP leader for over 17 years. The choice senators will face now is between continuing business as usual or setting up the Senate to […]
President Joe Biden is losing one of his last levers of support over the Republican Party — and he’s not happy about it. On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who represents the old guard of the GOP — literally and figuratively — announced he was stepping aside as party leader in […]
This story has unintentionally comic elements about it. According to the Associated Press, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced Wednesday that he will step down from his role as Senate leader in November, though he will serve out his Senate term, set to expire in Jan. 2027. That is not the funny part. In […]
A big announcement today from Sen. Mitch McConnell. He will stepping down at the end of this year bringing to an end the longest run as Senate leader in history. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two […]
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