Mitch McConnell: The Conservative Master

While the Press and Democrats like to think that Sen. Harry Reid is running the Senate, the true master of the Senate is Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Jed Babin has a great piece at Human Events on McConnell:

McConnell forecast the fight conservatives have been waiting six years for: a real knock-down, drag out battle over a presidential veto. President Bush’s reluctance to veto almost anything since being elected (he did veto a stem-cell research measure) has left conservatives wondering just how bad something has to be to get Bush to kill it. The McCain-Feingold bill wasn’t. Now, the Dems’ attachment of a “cut and run” specified date for withdrawal from Iraq may be the one. McConnell predicted there would be a big fight over it in the Senate and -- if the measure passes Congress and the President vetoes it -- a showdown on a veto-override vote.

If it is managed correctly -- as McConnell is ready to do -- that showdown could be one of the political dramas that shape the course of the 2008 presidential race.

I have long thought McConnell to be probably be teh smartest man and politician in the Senate. His management of the minority in the Seante demonstrates taht skill. I have to wonder at how well he would manage the Senate were he the Majority leader. Hopefully we will get a chance to see soon enough.