Conservatives Strongly Back McConnell over Bannon
Mitch McConnell
Steve Bannon just met Sen. Mitch McConnell in a showdown at the OK Corral  and it didn’t go well for Steve.
Adelson’s top political adviser  Andy Abboud  told Politico that Adelson and his wife “are supporting  Mitch McConnell  100 percent.”
Adelson is a strong conservative who backed Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump over the party’s establishment in their presidential bids. Despite the considerable press coverage given to Bannon’s call Thursday for  McConnell  to “tender  his  resignation ” Bannon apparently showed up at the gunfight with no partners.
Newsmax spoke to dozens of sources in and outside the Republican-controlled Senate  and all agreed that despite criticism  he  receives from Bannon  Trump supporters  and even the president himself   McConnell  remains popular with nearly all of  his  Senate colleagues.
That may have a lot to do with the previous president.  McConnell  almost single-handedly blocked most of President Obama’s initiatives during  his  last six years in office. And some argue that  McConnell  may be the most conservative majority leader in recent memory with a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of close to 90 percent.
Add to that  there is no evidence that any of the Kentuckian’s 51 fellow GOP senators has any desire to wage a challenge to  his  leadership or even in seconding Bannon's battle call.
 McConnell  is particularly well-liked among the 13 new Republican senators elected in 2014 and with several who survived Democratic assaults to win re-election in 2016. This group includes Roy Blunt of Missouri  Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania  Ron Johnson of Wisconsin  and Rep. Todd Young of Indiana  who began as an underdog to Democratic former Sen. Evan Bayh and emerged the winner to keep the open seat in Republican hands.
“In just about every close Senate race in the last two cycles  Mitch’s Senate Leadership Fund was plowing big money into Republican coffers ” one lobbyist and former GOP Senate staffer told Newsmax. “Just the fact he plowed $25 million into six tight races in 2016 and Republicans won in five [the exception was New Hampshire’s Sen. Kelly Ayotte] says it all about  Mitch . Bannon’s way off on this one.”
Another senator told Newsmax  “If  Mitch  hadn’t won the Senate for us in 2016  the Democrats would not only have blocked nearly every Trump appointee  they would be launching investigations into  his  business affairs. This would have been the president’s worst nightmare.”
 McConnell  and the president did meet at the White House on Oct. 16 and apparently worked out any differences.
At a joint appearance in the Rose Garden following their meeting  Trump hailed  McConnell  as “a friend of mine for a long time  long before my world of politics.”
Steve Bannon just met [TGT] in a showdown at the OK Corral  and it didn’t go well for Steve.
Adelson’s top political adviser  Andy Abboud  told Politico that Adelson and his wife “are supporting  [TGT]  100 percent.”
Adelson is a strong conservative who backed Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump over the party’s establishment in their presidential bids. Despite the considerable press coverage given to Bannon’s call Thursday for  [TGT]to “tender  [TGT]  resignation ” Bannon apparently showed up at the gunfight with no partners.
Newsmax spoke to dozens of sources in and outside the Republican-controlled Senate  and all agreed that despite criticism  he  receives from Bannon  Trump supporters  and even the president himself   [TGT]remains popular with nearly all of  his  Senate colleagues.
That may have a lot to do with the previous president.  [TGT]almost single-handedly blocked most of President Obama’s initiatives during  [TGT]  last six years in office. And some argue that  [TGT]may be the most conservative majority leader in recent memory with a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of close to 90 percent.
Add to that  there is no evidence that any of the Kentuckian’s 51 fellow GOP senators has any desire to wage a challenge to  his  leadership or even in seconding Bannon's battle call.
 [TGT]is particularly well-liked among the 13 new Republican senators elected in 2014 and with several who survived Democratic assaults to win re-election in 2016. [TGT] includes Roy Blunt of Missouri  Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania  Ron Johnson of Wisconsin  and Rep. Todd Young of Indiana  who began as an underdog to Democratic former Sen. Evan Bayh and emerged the winner to keep the open seat in Republican hands.
“In just about every close Senate race in the last two cycles  Mitch’s Senate Leadership Fund was plowing big money into Republican coffers ” one lobbyist and former GOP Senate staffer told Newsmax. “Just the fact he plowed $25 million into six tight races in 2016 and Republicans won in five [the exception was New Hampshire’s Sen. Kelly Ayotte] says it all about  [TGT] . Bannon’s way off on this one.”
Another senator told Newsmax  “If  [TGT]hadn’t won the Senate for us in 2016  the Democrats would not only have blocked nearly every Trump appointee  they would be launching investigations into  his  business affairs. This would have been the president’s worst nightmare.”
 McConnell  and the president did meet at the White House on Oct. 16 and apparently worked out any differences.
At a joint appearance in the Rose Garden following their meeting  Trump hailed  McConnell  as “a friend of mine for a long time  long before my world of politics.”