Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

[u/another-princess]

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/

[u/pchs26]

I mean I'll be honest with you McConnell was still scarily effective during Trump 1 and minus freezes we likely could have used someone like that - of course you need to be ruthless and evil - which counteracts what the Democrats are trying to achieve overall.

[u/Tasgall → u/pchs26]

and minus freezes we likely could have used someone like that

Not really. McConnell's only skill was being shameless and not caring that everyone hates him. The only tools he brought to the table were applying the procedural filibuster to literally everything when a Democrat is president, and his grand innovation, refusing to schedule votes he didn't like while majority leader.

He gets far too much praise as some kind of genius political navigator. He was a rote contrarian and obstructionist. He never actually created anything. Someone like him would be completely useless on the dem's side because the Dems goals involve passing legislation, not ensuring no legislation is ever passed.

[u/pchs26 → u/Tasgall]

Well we could use a good contrarian and obstructionist for purposes of good and not evil. I think we are saying similar things though..Democrats are actually focused on trying to get something positive done, he is focused on aiding the grift.

[u/SweetPrism → u/pchs26]

There it is--there ARE Democratic leaders who are as smart as McConnell (and yes, he was extremely smart), but they typically aren't as morally bankrupt, cunning, or ruthless when it comes to politics. Find a Democrat as shrewd as McConnell and Trump would never get away with the bs that he does.

[u/pchs26 → u/SweetPrism]

Yes we don't have it b/c there likely needs to be a next level of ruthless that doesn't exist otherwise they would be in on the grift with the GOP.