Scott bet on a red tide. So he just used the committee to build up his own brand. Pocketed the money basically. Congrats to all who celebrate. https://t.co/1lJjk07g1e
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 1, 2022
#MoscowMitch McConnell is an old-school political grifter — the kind of man who’s willing to spend decades sucking up to donors in return for a steady, slow growth in his own political influence and personal fortune. Rick Scott, on the other hand, didn’t make his millions waiting for others to unlock the cash register — he jumped right in there with a crowbar and stole everything he could grab.
Right now, Republican prospects in November look distinctly less hopeful than they did at the beginning of the year, so… per the NYTimes:
The Senate’s Republican campaign chief on Thursday appeared to escalate an ugly quarrel with the party’s longtime leader in the chamber, Senator Mitch McConnell, in the latest sign of the G.O.P.’s eroding confidence about winning back the majority in November.
Without naming Mr. McConnell, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, lashed out in a blistering opinion piece in The Washington Examiner at Republicans he said were “trash-talking” the party’s candidates, an apparent reference to comments last month in which Mr. McConnell said that “candidate quality” could harm the G.O.P.’s chances of retaking the Senate. Mr. Scott called such remarks “treasonous” and said those who make them should “pipe down.”…
Speaking to reporters in his home state last month, Mr. McConnell conceded that Republicans had a stronger chance of winning back control of the House than the Senate in November.
“Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” he said at a Chamber of Commerce lunch in Florence, Ky. The comment was widely interpreted to reflect Mr. McConnell’s growing concern about Republicans’ roster of Senate recruits, which includes several candidates who have been endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump and appear to be struggling in competitive races.
The intraparty feuding comes at a fraught moment for Mr. McConnell, who once boasted of being “100 percent focused” on stymieing President Biden’s agenda and appeared confident of his chance to reclaim the mantle of Senate majority leader given Democrats’ tiny margin of control. Those aspirations have dimmed substantially of late as Democrats have racked up a series of legislative accomplishments and Republican candidates have foundered in key contests…
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