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McConnell: Dem Reaction To Town Halls Shows We're Winning
Source: The Huffington Post

Democratic grumbling about disruptive protests at health care town halls is simply an attempt at distraction and and admission of weakness, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared on Sunday.

With a Colleague's Book Due Out, Ex-Bushies Play Out the Ritual of Anxiety
Source: The Washington Post

There's a growing nervousness these days among former Bush White House officials, Pentagon folks and some senators about what, precisely, is in a book coming out in September by Matt Latimer, former speechwriter to George W.

New York Daily News Editorial. Capitol offenses: New York's Legislature is the worst of the worst. Sunday, March 29th 2009, 4:00 AM
Source: NY Daily News

Of the people. By the people. For the people. Those precepts are the birthrights of self-governing citizens in a representative democracy. But they do not apply in New York. Here, "Damn the people" is more like it.

The most powerful Republican
Source: Politico

With his party in tatters, Mitch McConnell is now the most powerful Republican in the country — the lone GOP senator who can stand in the way of an unfettered liberal agenda in Washington, and a key go-to man to rehabilitate his party.

Pol Watchers: Lunsford and McConnell both have Vencor ties
Source: PolWatchers

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell uses the "Vencor Scandal" against Democratic challenger and Vencor founder Bruce Lunsford, yet McConnell's wife was also had significant ties to Vencor.

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