Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had one job in 2022: reclaim the Senate majority from Democrats. The longtime Kentucky Republican had a lot going for him in that cause.
Two years ago, electoral map heavily advantaged Republicans, with vulnerable Democrat seats up for grabs in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped below 40% and his presidency could already be considered a failure. The nation was in the throes of a migrant crisis and an affordability crisis; its leader seemingly doddering on the brink of a health crisis all his own.
True to form, congressional Republicans snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
McConnell was the biggest culprit. His campaign apparatus spent money to put conservative candidates aligned with former President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in a hole, then attempted to get these…
