[ModernMech]

That’s not what the southern strategy was. It was a cynical ploy by Republicans to court racist Democratic voters in the south who were unhappy with the civil rights bill. It worked and they switched to the Republican party, which realigned the ideological tilt of American politics.

Not letting the other team get any wins will be known as The McConnell Strategy in the history books, as he has practiced a policy of complete obstruction while in the senate.

[comeonseriously]

> Not letting the other team get any wins will be known as The McConnell Strategy in the history books...

Absolutely right. He is Lucy with the football to the Democrats' Charlie Brown.

And he's just so damn good at it too.

[gremIin]

That's not completely true. For example, the rationale behind the war on drugs (Nixon era and revived by Reagan, long before McConnell) was not about truth or moral virtue.