Mitch McConnell Battles Conservative Challenge In Reelection Bid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is not far enough to the right for some conservatives.
The five-term Kentucky lawmaker, who typically aces conservative scorecards on his legislative record, faces not only a primary challenger, businessman Matt Bevin, but also a growing lineup of outside conservative groups. Critics say McConnell is too willing to acquiesce to President Barack Obama on government spending, too eager to bail out Wall Street and too ready to grant amnesty to the 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Never mind that McConnell opposed the Senate immigration bill with a path to citizenship this past June, voted against the president's nominees for the Pentagon, CIA and several federal courts and never misses an opportunity to skewer Obama's signature health care law. McConnell has even sidled up to the tea party's fair-haired senator, fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul.
"He is part of what I would call the French Republicans; he surrenders a lot," said Larry Forgy, a Lexington, Ky., Republican who unsuccessfully ran for governor twice in the 1990s.
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