Senator Mitch McConnell The senate minority leader has been against President Obamas policies since the President took office. He tries to portray the administration as not reaching out to Republicans. But in my opinion he needs to reach out to the President, with good ideas on how to bring down the deficit. I applaud the progressives for going after him in Kentucky, and I hope that he learns that by being against the President just because he is a democrat is not always going to work. Here is how progressives are going after Senator McConnell.