When will Republicans realize that it is time for Mitch McConnell to go?

[kentuck]

He is a great leader for them when it comes to opposing the Democrats. Nobody is better than he at opposing.

But, when he is the Leader in a majority and must put forth legislation and work with coalitions, he is totally impotent. He is an abject failure at governing. He is the wrong person for the job. All they have to do is look at his failure to get a healthcare bill passed. Not only could he not muster the votes, but he could not come up with a sensible, workable plan. He and his Party had seven years to come up with an alternative to the ACA and they had nothing. Mitch McConnell was the Leader during all those years. He was great at opposing Barack Obama but he was an obvious one-trick pony.

How long before the rank-and-file Republicans see him for what he is? A failure.

[7wo7rees]

1. Never. They are committed!

Rick roll.....
"... never going to let you go......"

[gordianot]

2. Leave it to our Russian masters to decide.

They call the shots in Republican world.

[Skittles]

3. when will they realize it is time for THEM to go?

[gademocrat7]

4. Yes it is time for all of them to go.

They need to spend more time with their families.

[OnDoutside]

5. Great question ! I completely agree, he was a fantastic

General, in being negative, in blocking, but had been utterly shown up for an inability to be constructive. Great at using all the underhand mechanics of the Senate for ill and nothing for bipartisanship. Well it's bitten him on the ass big time.

Even we cannot underestimate the shock and anger that is raging through the Republicans and their supporters, fed on 8 years of hate towards anything connected to Obama, this was the ultimate in grinding his memory into the dust. They failed, McConnell failed them, and he will pay a heavy price for that.

I suppose it is beyond hope that someone like Susan Collins would step forward and reclaim the leadership for the moderates, such will be the hate towards her, but there IS an opportunity for herself or Murkowski to become vocal on this, to save what's left of the Republican Party. I don't see anyone else with the balls to do it.

Anyone reading this shouldn't rush to say "To hell with them", because nature abhors a vacuum, and in the structure of American politics, you need two functioning parties willing to compromise. If reform doesn't happen, nothing will change.

[dem4decades]

6. He's the one behind their greatest feat, stealing a Supreme Court

Seat. The greatest feat for a Republican and the greatest insult to our democracy. The scum love him.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Besides Trump, there is nobody else I would love to see go more than McTurtle.

The look of dejection on his face yesterday filled my heart with joy. I despise that man. I will throw a party the day he is voted out of office.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

8. No - we'll need their impotent incompetence for at least 2 more years... n/m

[Glamrock]

9. Well,

when FOX news tells them, of course.

[HAB911]

10. Maybe we don't want someone better in the position?

[Hortensis]

11. "Republicans?" Approximately never. His colleagues

won't toss him out because he's far from impotent. Many are strongly allied with him, including those he helped get elected in order to build his power (and he could get them primaried too). Many others, like him, are strongly allied with the Koch alliance and others of the ultraconservative ultrawealthy and are big forces in both houses.

He could conceivably get primaried in Kentucky, extremely unlikely as that seems. Charles Koch probably couldn't quickly or easily slot someone else that good into that position, but if Koch happened to be in a bad mood he could get rid of McConnell.

Speaking of, WHY don't the media investigate and report WHY McConnell is pursuing his current legislative strategy and tactics? He is very powerful, but he is not a free agent. He seems to be remarkably free of a true ideology, but he nevertheless has a very strong agenda that came from somewhere and that he's giving everything he's got.

[Bayard]

12. Deaf and blind

I so wish more Kentuckians would join me in hating his guts.