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| Report: McConnell Targets Nebraska Conservative Candidate Ben Sasse |
| 2013-11-26 |
| [BREITBART] After the Senate Conservative Fund (SCF) endorsed Matt Bevin, the Tea Party challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), McConnell has reportedly gone on a rampage against SCF allies and the conservative candidates it has endorsed. Most recently, McConnell reportedly directed his anger at Nebraska conservative Senate candidate Ben Sasse, whom the SCF has endorsed in the open primary. According to National Review, on November 12, "Sasse walked into Mitch McConnell's office to clear the air" and let him know he never intended to oppose McConnell's leadership, but McConnell was having none of it. The outlet notes that McConnell's incident with Sasse in his war with SCF is "notable" because "it involves an attractive, promising candidate in an open primary as collateral damage in the intramural fight." Josh Holmes, McConnell's top adviser, "privately told friends afterward it was the most uncomfortable meeting he'd been in"; Sasse reportedly turned to Holmes when he walked out of meeting and said, "That didn't go well!" McConnell reportedly "lit into" and grilled Sasse about "exactly when Sasse had first interacted with Matt Hoskins, the hard-charging executive director of SCF" who is "working to elect McConnell's primary challenger." The SCF was started by former South Carolina Senator and current Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint ...junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, distinguished by not being Lindsey Graham. He is a member of the Republican Party and a well-regarded leader in the Tea Party movement... , who feuded with McConnell because he backed candidates--like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul--that went up against McConnell's handpicked candidates in Republican primaries. McConnell reportedly asked Sasse about the YouTube video (embedded below) that was highlighted on the Drudge Report in September in which Sasse said it was time for "every Republican in Washington, starting with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, to show some actual leadership." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Mitch McConnell has more chin than balls. The only time he jumps to action is when he is negatively impacted. F Mitch. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-11-26 12:43 |
| #2 Some take-aways: - Sasse is everything you want from a candidate, running in a relatively conservative state. So all the hogwash you hear about Tea Party candidates not being ready for prime time is just that - hogwash. It's about ideology. McConnell doesn't want any more conservatives in the Senate. - McConnell is at war with conservatism and the Tea Party. Open war. - McConnell does not believe his leadership would survive more conservative wins. Otherwise he would not be alienating potential future Senators. This puts him in a position to make common cause with Reid and the Democrats, which explains a lot. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-11-26 10:50 |
| #1 McConnell has realized that the nuke option Reid played means RINOs have no uses. Before they could rationalize they held the 'central' position to keep the Donks from pushing through their agenda. Now, no such position exits. See-Downfall rage fits. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-26 08:13 |