The Unlikely Alliance Between Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell – By Susan Milligan (US News) / Feb 13, 2023
With a common enemy in hard-right Republicans, old Senate colleagues Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell have become pragmatic, if wary, allies.
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, and the unlikely political alliance between President Joe Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is Washington’s latest display of the old adage.
To be sure, the Kentucky Republican and the president have publicly tangled over Biden’s proposals, and their political worldviews are drastically different. But with a common enemy – hard-right Republicans who could cause problems for both Biden’s agenda and McConnell’s hopes for a Senate majority – the two old Senate colleagues have become pragmatic, if wary, allies.
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, and the unlikely political alliance between President Joe Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is Washington’s latest display of the old adage.
To be sure, the Kentucky Republican and the president have publicly tangled over Biden’s proposals, and their political worldviews are drastically different. But with a common enemy – hard-right Republicans who could cause problems for both Biden’s agenda and McConnell’s hopes for a Senate majority – the two old Senate colleagues have become pragmatic, if wary, allies.
