The tea party, he says, consists of "people who are angry and upset at government—and I agree with them." But "I think, honestly, many of them have been misled. . . . They've been told the reason we can't get to better outcomes than we've gotten is not because the Democrats control the Senate and the White House but because Republicans have been insufficiently feisty. Well, that's just not true, and I think that the folks that I have difficulty with are the leaders of some of these groups who basically mislead them for profit. . . . They raise money . . . take their cut and spend it" on political action that hurts Republicans.


This is about as close to an open declaration of war that McConnell has come. It would seem that the time for "let's all go along to get along" is over, and the GOP is ready to air all the dirty laundry in public. But here's one interesting thing for you to consider this morning. You'll notice that Mitch didn't say, "I'm gonna be the Senate Minority Leader after the next election" or, "I'm going to be serving in this seat for another six years." He just said he was going to be the nominee. That sounds like his focus has shifted to the very real battle he faces on his own Right flank, rather than pretending that the Tea Party challenge is little more than the buzzing of flies and he's focusing on his Democratic challenger.






http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/08/mitch-mcconnell-draws-a-line-in-the-sand-for-the-tea-party/

McConnell and the rest don't do or say anything for any reason, other than their own continued power.

If he knew he had an easy ride to re-election, he wouldn't bother, he'd enjoy the battle against the TP indefinitely.

Acting like it's time to bring it to a head.....only means that his election is in jeopardy.

Rhea-Markable -- absolutely love that signature line.  Hoping to find a bumper sticker of that 

No Mitch it's the legislation you support.

I knew the tea Party was off their rockers. Know why, because Mitch said so. What a butt wipe he is.