I think McConnell sold his ba... to the President’s lock box. Why I don’t yet know, but I bet we would have found out if it had passed. The power of the President to buy people off is enormous.
The fact that McConnell could be bought is not a good sign.
His wife works in the WH...
What we have here is a President that hasn't yet understood that as far as legislation goes, he is in the minority.
The strength he has, the executive strength, he understands how to use as commander in chief, but he doesn't understand how to use domestically when his party is in the minority.
If he was building fence like a landscaper being paid by the measured yard at double the unit price, and then raiding worksites and deporting people in Seattle roundups -- Bamm! he would have the Dems banging down the door whining and put Mitch in the drivers seat to get a good conservative reform that he could take to the big business leaders and the sister-in law and say, hey, look what I did. Instead, he tries to make legislation and that is not his job.