McCannoll sticks it to Democrats…
Sinema and Manchin ARE ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats….
Center lean Right….
McConnell LOVES’m
They defend the two for their support of the US Senate 60 vote filibuster ….
The same thing that McConnell had put aside several times when he needed to get around it …
Something Democrats do NOT do….
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday heaped praise on Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, saying she’s the “most effective first-term senator” he’s seen during his 37 years in the upper chamber.
Sinema delivered a speech on “The Future of Political Discourse and the Importance of Bipartisanship” at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center, named after the senior Kentucky senator, who introduced Sinema at the event.
“I’ve only known Kyrsten for four years, but she is, in my view — and I’ve told her this — the most effective first-term senator I’ve seen in my time in the Senate,” the Republican leader said. “She is, today, what we have too few of in the Democratic Party: a genuine moderate, and a dealmaker.”
McConnell went on to commend Sinema for her opposition to ending the so-called filibuster in the Senate, which requires 60 affirmative votes to advance legislation. In recent years, both the Democratic and Republican parties have used the tool to block legislation favored by the other party….