A biography for Mitch McConnellhasn’t been written yet.
“The Senate is not the sort of place where instant gratification, I should say, is very likely.”
“President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them.”
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.”
“I think we need to respect the wishes of voters. They have been busily at work making these decisions in primary after primary after primary.”
“A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.”
“No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country. You don't get to do anything you want to. So I'm very optimistic about America.”
“Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.”
“To put a trillion dollars in context, if you spend a million dollars every day since Jesus was born, you still wouldn't have spent a trillion.”
“I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something.”
“I think that winning the White House is about more than just entertaining a large audience.”
“I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians.”
“By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't.”
“I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we'll be there to defend them.”
“We're a country of five-second sound bites and 30-second commercials. Eight years of one person is just too much.”
“I just want to remind everybody that this is an extraordinarily resilient country we live in.”
“Almost never does a candidate with high negatives have much of a coattail effect.”
“Americans are too speedy.”
“The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.”
“I try to appeal to all Kentucky voters, regardless of gender, about the future of state.”
“As President Obama reminded us, we're all on one team.”