Mitch McConnell's Strategy To Confront Obama Hits A Wall

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8. The guy led over 500 filibusters before he became Majority leader…

This is an interesting piece from last November. his shenanigans are coming back to nip his turtle tail… http://www.npr.org/2014/11/12/363572856/mitch-mcconnells-mission-making-the-senate-work-again

But he also knows how to push people toward a consensus, she says. McConnell has been a deal-maker at times — he helped forge the 2012 fiscal cliff deal, and more recently helped end the October 2013 government shutdown.

Democrats are quick to point out, however, that he has also led more than 500 filibusters against them since Obama took office. Binder says McConnell can only hope they don't retaliate in kind.

"Henry Clay hated the filibuster! He knew that it was preventing his Whig majority from getting anything done," Binder said.

So ironically, if Democrats do get their revenge on McConnell with filibusters, he'll have one more thing in common with his Kentucky hero.

Henry Clay was his hero and on his deathbed, he was a member of the (now defunct) Whig party.

Karma coming back — it's shadenfruede!