March 17, 2008 - 1:22pm
Effectively, Ensign says McConnell won't be Majority Leader
By Wally EdgeSo much for Mitch McConnell's hopes to become the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. His campaign chief, NRSC Chairman John Ensign (R-NV) told a Washington newspaper last week that he didn't the Republicans to pick up enough Senate seats in November 2008 to take control.
If McConnell's tenure in public office were to end before the GOP wins back the Senate, he would become the first Senate Republican Leader not to serve as Majority Leader since Hugh Scott (R-PA) retired in 1977.
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