Where does Sen. Mitch McConnell go from here?
Matt Gunterman November 25th, 2007
With all signs pointing to the failure of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s attempt to bolster his standing with Kentuckians by emphasizing his status and influence within the DC establishment, one has to wonder where McConnell takes his message from here.
Well, I’ll make a prediction that, since 2008 is shaping up to be a year when voters across the political spectrum will be fed up with everything status quo, McConnell will take the following track (and, just so we’re clear here, writing the words below did bring bile to my mouth; I’m just saying this is how McConnell can re-emphasize his tenure and put it in the context of change; plus, this approach is a Republican political orgasm because it glorifies Reagan while demeaning the reality of the stellar Clinton economy):
[Lipless Sen. Mitch McConnell stares into camera; makes every effort not to show any of his nasty teeth.]
When the people of Kentucky first sent me to Washington in 1984, they made a clear statement that my role was to help Pres. Ronald Reagan carry out the popular reforms he’d started. Working together, we got things done, and the changes we made then laid the foundation for the unprecedented economic growth that was to come. There’s still much change to be done, however, and that’s clear from the fact that many Kentuckians are struggling in many ways today. The work’s not finished, and after 23 years and as Minority Leader in the Senate, I’m in a position to keep the change coming that we started so long ago. I ask for your support again this November, as together we work to finish what we started.
Would voters today buy the argument that what we need is more Reaganomics to solve our problems? I’d say that’s a pretty hard argument to make after seven years of Pres. George W. Bush in the White House. And, will Republicans have the guts to distance themselves from Bush? Well, I guess by drawing closer to Reagan without mentioning Bush, they sort of achieve that. But it won’t be hard for Democrats to blame Republicans generally for the economy. I don’t think voters will be too keen to make distinctions between Regan voodoo economics and the current Bush-doo incarnation.
All in all, it’s not going to be easy for McConnell to win on the merits, no matter how he frames it.
- 2008 KY U.S. Senate Race , Mitch McConnell
- Comments(6)
Reaganomics. aka trickle-down, aka supply-side, and sometimes known as Voodoo Economics by pappy Bush. Tax cuts for the rich that magically pay for themselves! No nasty deficit spending! Creating millions of good jobs in the service sector, slinging hamburgers, to replace those ‘outsourced’ factory jobs ! ! Two recessions uder two Bush’s!
Record Productivity.. meaning benefits going up in smoke, real wages going down, two people doing the job of three! Dollar value falling to record lows! Massive hidden inflation, record home repossessions, and the top one percent making all the money!
Is that some of the wonderful Republican economy Mitch is talking about? Sort of like the Republican economy they bragged about in1929? You can fool some of the people all the time, can’t you Mitch?
I love your comments, C. Wash. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that. They’re essentially well-researched footnotes.
Bush-doo.
Heh.
Tho not from Mitch’s home state.I strongly support the Ditch Mitch movement, no one in government today epitomizes whats wrong with our country more than Mitch, go get him.
I took about seven economics courses as an undergraduate, and I’m sick of trickle-down voodoo economics. We would save a lot of U.S. government money by shutting down the U.S. participation in the Iraqi civil war. Also, I favor the Scotland Plan of full government payment of tuition for college undergraduates–that would give the economy a real boost. After all, if they can do that in Scotland (and they do) then we can do that right here in the good old U.S.A. and Kentucky. No, let’s Ditch Mitch, and ditch his trickle-down voodo economics.
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