Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell laid out his strategy on Wednesday for avoiding the kind of political missteps that cost the GOP the presidency in 1996 as Republicans begin their bid to retake the Senate and White House in 2012.
GOP aides described the plan that McConnell outlined in an exhaustive presentation during a closed-door luncheon for Republicans, including newly elected members who have not yet been sworn in. One senior GOP aide described it as providing “context for being successful legislatively based on lessons we can draw from a similarly situated Congress and electorate.”
Although the strategy was presented to Senate Republicans only, GOP aides said McConnell and Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) have broad agreement on its general themes.
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