Mitch McConnell - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mitch McConnell Index / People Transcripts Farhana Khera ...because of then Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 's logjam of the president's nominees... Michael Steele ...very clear what their intentions were. Mitch McConnell had made it very clear, “We're going t... Rohit Kumar ...Mr. Kumar joined Republican Leader Mitch McConnell 's team in 2007, first as polic... ...So, we will get to your work for Senator McConnell . But I actually wanted to start b... ...you indicated, Senator Frist, and then Senator McConnell . What was that transition like fo... ...members of the caucus. In the case of Senator McConnell , they were the Republican senator... ...Republican senators that voted to make Mitch McConnell the Senate Republican leader, or Senat... ...The individual member office, which in Senator McConnell 's instance was in the Russell Senat... ...caucus in the Senate by the time Mitch McConnell becomes Republican leader? Did it ten... ...for Trent Lott and Bill Frist. Did Mitch McConnell 's leadership style differ fro... ...it became clear, it wasn't just Senator McConnell . They were going to talk to th... ...It wasn't easy, to be clear. And Senator McConnell , to his credit, realized, “I need t... ...in the political hole. And I remember Senator McConnell 's perspective was—it was interesting... ...And in their defense, they didn't need Mitch McConnell 's vote for the bill. They needed ... ...was true across time with respect to Senator McConnell was, he was not one to take a lot o... ...was a moment in time in 2008 where even Senator McConnell 's reelect felt like it was somewhat i... ...a shift of power in favor of, frankly, Senator McConnell . It's the 2010 election that the... ...than vice president or president— Senator McConnell and Vice President Biden who were abl... ...want to ask you about a comment that Senator McConnell made, and then talk about thos... ...earlier in our conversation, one of Senator McConnell 's sort of superpowers, if you will, i... ...where Vice President Biden called Senator McConnell and said, “How about we do it thi... ...disbelief for a moment—and you convince Mitch McConnell that his view of the estate tax i... ...to not taxing them at all—which was Senator McConnell 's perspective—he's the only one wit... ...of the meeting, the president says, “ Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, you two figure i... Show more... Neil Eggleston ...before Scalia's body was cold that [Mitch] McConnell announced there would be no hearing fo... Dan Pfeiffer ...about was beating Obama. The thing that [Mitch] McConnell said was his top priority was makin... ...I remember Obama meaning by this was, Mitch McConnell had said his number one objective wa... ...he ever thought that it meant that Mitch McConnell and he would get along, or tha... ...to the success of our presidency to Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, at the time. That wa... Jennifer Palmieri ...changed. They wanted to just stop him. [Mitch] McConnell said that he wants to stop him, and h... Alan Bersin ...signs that you could see follow from Mitch McConnell 's vow to see that Barack Obama woul... Josh Earnest ...John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , who took great offense at that. I'... Marielena Hincapié ...undertones and the fact that then, Senator McConnell , from even before Obama took office... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency