Mitch should take Mitch's advice

Mitch ought to listen to Mitch.
That is, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell ought to listen to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
In the wake of last week’s election, Gov. Daniels struck just the right note, saying that the job ahead is all about governing and solving some of the problems facing the state today.
Those obsessed with political horse races should, the governor said, “stifle” until some work actually gets done.
There’s nothing to be gained in focusing on 2012 when 2011 and the balance of 2010 are as challenging as they are.
It’s time to govern, not politick. That was the Daniels message.
Sen. McConnell, meanwhile, couldn’t bring himself to shift gears from campaigning. Perhaps carried on by the momentum of the past two years, the Kentucky Republican said his top priority is to defeat President Obama’s bid for a second term.
That’s an honest answer.
But it came at a time when the American people would prefer to have politics take a back seat — at least for awhile — and the business of governance take over.
There will be plenty of time for politics. And philosophical and ideological divisions will be sure to surface during debates over public policy in the weeks and months ahead.
But for now, Mitch McConnell would be wise to take the advice of Mitch Daniels: Stifle, senator. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]