McConnell's Revenge

Though he failed to hold President Obama to one term, Senator Mitch McConnell has remade much of the judiciary, including the Supreme Court. He gambled he could steal one seat and then rammed through another. McConnell is a conniving bastard who knows how to play hardball. Greg Miller quotes his response to John Brennan as the extent of Russian interference was becoming known in 2016.

I am however prepared to call you out and and call out Obama if you try to do this, if you try to say that Russia's helping [the Republican nominee]. I'll accuse you of interfering in the election. I'm not prepared to accuse Russia of doing that.

Update (May 8, 2019):  Heather Digby Parton refers to Mitch McConnell as "the gravedigger of democracy".

There may never have been a more cynical politician than McConnell. From the moment he became the Senate leader he turned senatorial partisanship into a blood sport.

He is a shamelessly unprincipled gutter fighter whose only goal is to consolidate the power of the Republican Party by any means necessary. If that requires digging the grave of democracy, he's more than willing to do the dirty deed.