There is an exceedingly interesting interview-based article about Senator Mitch McConnell in today’s Wall Street Journal. Bridget touched on this already. There is a plethora of great quotes from McConnell, many of which Kentuckians have heard at Lincoln Day dinners recently, and descriptions of him.

Remarking on the oddity of passing legislation deemed suitable to Republicans the year after losing the majority in the Senate, McConnell said “It was kind of an out-of-body experience . . . I propped my feet up on my desk and watched the House pass our agenda.”

McConnell’s actual Senate office in DC has a long history. “His Senate office has a particularly rich history. When the young American government moved to the District of Columbia at the end of President John Adams’s term, Mr. McConnell’s current space was the only completed portion of the Capitol building. With the House Chamber still under construction, it was the scene of the congressional vote to break the electoral tie of 1800 and make Thomas Jefferson our third president. In August 1814, the office housed the fledgling Library of Congress, which became the biofuel the British used to burn down much of the building.”

Remarking on the need for the U.S. to work its way out of the current economic slowdown, McConnell stated, “There’s no way to repeal the laws of economics.” That’s true.

It really is a worthwhile read. Check it out.

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