McConnell Vaults to Status of GOP Icon

McClatchy: “To Republicans, McConnell is now a 21st century political hero, a leader who refused to surrender to political correctness or to the loud, angry, persistent voices of the left.”

“Party loyalists are enthusiastic about McConnell’s ability to harness collective rage over what they saw as Democratic gamesmanship, and laud his strategy of directing that disgust towards a cherished outcome: Giving a conservative judge a lifetime appointment on the most powerful court in the land and the power to shape the judiciary for a generation. Back home, he has all but assured himself an easy sail to victory in his 2020 GOP primary election.”

“Democrats, on the other hand, have never been more energized to take McConnell down, from inside the state and beyond.”