# McConnell needs to apologize **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222 "2012-11-07T15:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/21 "2012-11-07T17:31:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The Republicans could have had control of the Senate by now if they - well, the Tea Party- hadn’t run out some staggeringly awful candidates this year and in 2010. They’ve done a terrible job there. What else can you say about a party that lost two winnable races because the candidates were stumped by the issue of _rape_? I’m seeing some reports that Marco Rubio is being offered John Cornyn’s job as leader of the Republican Senatorial Committee and is going to turn it down. So there’s one head that is likely to roll regardless of what happens to McConnell. Query: does Rubio think McConnell is out and doesn’t want to be beholden to a sinking ship? Maybe Rubio himself will go for Minority Leader? Dark days for the Turtle … Nobody seems to be taking his calls. ---
**Author:** ![otoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@otoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otoh)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/22 "2012-11-07T23:20:55Z")
He made his statement during a speech at the Heritage foundation. All I can find is an 8 second video. [Mitch McConnell: Top Priority, Make Obama a One Term President - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc) It was definitely a prepared statement. I’ll see if I can find a longer video. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/23 "2012-11-07T23:27:55Z")
[http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/29821941.jpg](http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/29821941.jpg) I posted that in another thread, but in case you didn’t see it, It’s very appropriate for this one too 🙂 Congratulations Senator McConnell on your astonishing legislative achievement! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/24 "2012-11-07T23:35:52Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [His phony “congratulations” speech](http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/07/questions-for-mcconnell-or-boehner-tell-us/) is not a propitious sign. Reid had better have been sincere about reforming the filibuster rule, because if it was a bluff, it’s being called. Question, isn’t it too late? With Republicans controlling the House, even if the Senate gets rid of the filibuster, nothing liberal is coming out of the House and it would be a useless exercise in power, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/25 "2012-11-07T23:53:13Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Question, isn’t it too late? With Republicans controlling the House, even if the Senate gets rid of the filibuster, nothing liberal is coming out of the House and it would be a useless exercise in power, wouldn’t it? How much a say does the House get in appointing life-tenured federal judges? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222/26 "2012-11-08T00:04:45Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > On the other hand, I’d consider a wager as to whether McConnell remains Minority Leader for much longer. Senate Republicans had a very bad night, losing races they could have won (and control of the Senate), had McConnell have any control over his party’s fringe or any charisma to lend. And Lindsey Graham has been making a play for the position. It won’t matter what Graham wants if the GOP Senate caucus decides it should double down as they did four years ago. If, on the other hand, they decide they should try this compromise thing, Graham could be just the man for the job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222.md?page=1)