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This on-air slap down suggests Scott Jennings just committed career suicide
Mitch McConnell Is Not the Story. The Seat Is.The Actual StakesThis source tries to sell a health rumor as a moral drama about Scott Jennings, but the real political issue is power: who controls a Senate seat if Mitch McConnell can no longer function, and who benefits from keeping that question muddled. The article itself admits the Republican incentive plainly enough. If McConnell exits before the cutoff, a Democratic governor appoints a temporary replacement and the race opens up. That is the story. Everything else is noise.Cable News as CoverCNN becomes part of the problem when it turns a…
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