Mitch McConnell - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mitch McConnell Index / People Transcripts Pete Rouse ...say, once we got to the Senate you have Mitch McConnell here in 2010 saying that “my number on... ...And I wanted to ask you about something Senator McConnell said early in January of 2009. He sai... ...as having negotiated directly with Senator McConnell a resolution to the impasse that ha... ...and also about his relationship with Senator McConnell . I'd say a couple of things abou... ...there in the Roosevelt Room where Mitch McConnell would sit there for an hour and neve... ...think it's a function—for example, when Mitch McConnell says in October 2010, says publicly i... Show more... Timothy Geithner ...understand. The Republican leadership, Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner, while they wer... ...who understood—and I'm certain that Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner understood that i... ...helped to negotiate a final deal with Senator McConnell , a last-minute compromise, to avoi... ...in watching him interact with Senator McConnell over the course of the fiscal clif... Shailagh Murray ...But they really—to certainly the Mitch McConnell wing of the Republican Party—it wa... ...Biden and his negotiations with Senator McConnell , who you mentioned before. Can yo... ...that was just familiarity. I think that Mitch McConnell knew that Joe Biden knew what he was u... ...Eve, 2012. The vice president and Senator McConnell reached a last-minute compromise t... ...a change in how the vice president and Senator McConnell kept the lines of communications open... ...And I think that's when people like Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden had really nothing lef... ...could not stand in greater contrast to Mitch McConnell 's. Joe Biden was a foreign policy guy... ...a lot easier for people to accept that Mitch McConnell really did want to see the Obam... Show more... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...the fiscal cliff, the president and Senator McConnell reached a last-minute compromise t... ...involved in those negotiations with Senator McConnell —now, of course, President Biden. Ca... ...a strong personal relationship with Senator McConnell , and others, but in particular... ...and others, but in particular, Senator McConnell . And I saw that a couple of times... ...I'd say it's when I most respected Senator McConnell ; because it seemed that Speake... ...Nabors's team, said to me, “Nancy-Ann, Senator McConnell is hard of hearing, and so in meeting... Show more... Wilma Liebman ...the fall of 2009. Then, I think it was [Mitch] McConnell , who was the Republican leader at th... Jon Favreau ...wants to go sit down and hang out with Mitch McConnell , and Mitch McConnell's going to fuc... ...and hang out with Mitch McConnell, and Mitch McConnell 's going to fuck him over, and he'... ...at play than whatever was driving Mitch McConnell ; because McConnell's got his ow... ...Barack Obama would have a drink with Mitch McConnell and play golf with John Boehner, thing... ...Joe Biden for that obstruction, not Mitch McConnell . So they're going to do that. That'... Brian Deese ...leadership in Congress, particularly Mitch McConnell , to say that their answer to Barac... ...role at the NEC. In January of 2010, Senator McConnell said that the “one exception t... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Russia Russia go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice