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 Donald Trump has accomplished a revolution of which few leaders are capable: He has led his MAGA followers from purity and defeat to maturity and power. In his takeover of the GOP Senate delegation — signaled by his successful efforts to hasten Mitch McConnell’s retirement — he has infused the ranks of his most […]
In a race that’s critical if the GOP wants to take back the Senate as well as the White House, things are looking up for the Republican front-runner. According to a new poll by Rasmussen, 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate and former broadcaster Kari Lake leads both incumbent independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who caucuses with the […]
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 […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is planning to relinquish his leadership position in November. He has served as the Republican leader in the Senate for nearly two decades. McConnell is expected to announce his decision Wednesday in a speech in the Senate chamber. The Associated Press reports: McConnell, who turned […]
Mitch McConnell’s days as the Senate minority leader could soon come to an end amid mounting speculation he’ll be replaced by his close ally, Sen. John Thune, the second-highest-ranking Republican in the upper chamber. The buzz is growing after McConnell raised eyebrows on Tuesday for refusing to endorse former President Donald Trump. The 82-year-old Republican’s […]
Earlier this month, I wrote about the strange and unhelpful timing (at least for the GOP) of former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s decision to mount a Senate bid. The announcement caused a bit of a panic among Democrats who are desperately scrambling to try to maintain their razor-thin majority in the upper chamber. After all, […]
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