Getting to Know Mitch

The New York Times has a good look at the relationship between President Obama and the likely new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

“After six years of sparse communication and social interaction but frequent open hostility, the relationship between the taciturn Kentuckian and the aloof chief executive could determine Mr. Obama’s legislative legacy and Republican presidential fortunes in 2016. In other words, there is a lot riding on very little rapport.”

Wall Street Journal: “The president and Mr. McConnell are the latest in a long line of bipartisan odd couples to dictate the legislative agenda in Washington. Mr. Obama is a historic figure with a penchant for sweeping rhetoric. Mr. McConnell is a tactician who has spent the better part of three decades mastering legislative arcana.”