- Obama mocks McConnell over economic credit: Just a week into the new year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was faced with a rhetorical dilemma: every talking point he had about the economy was wrong and he wasn’t sure what to do about it. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-mocks-mcconnell-over-economic-credit?cid=sm_fb_maddow 131 comments politics