How Did Mitch McConnell Become One Of The Most Powerful People In The World?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Mitch McConnell has been described as "opaque," "drab," and even "dull." He is one of the least popular - and most polarizing - politicians in the country. So how did he win eight consecutive elections? And what does it tell us about how he operates? NPR's Embedded deep dived into the man and the politician. This episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and Embedded host Kelly McEvers. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Emmy Brown and I'm from Lafayette, California.
0:03.0	And I listened to the podcast probably too much for 15-year-olds.
0:06.8	I'm about to go take my high school freshman year English final, which may look.
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0:12.5	I feel like we'd be more helpful on this front if it was like a political or government final.
0:16.1	I know, like go study for your final!
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0:25.6	All right, here's the show.
0:30.3	I'm going to assume she did pretty well in her final.
0:32.0	It sounded like she would.
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0:33.9	There it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:35.7	I'm Scott Deteroic, cover politics.
0:37.5	Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:39.2	And we've got an extra special guest today, Kelly McAvers.
0:42.3	Hey, Kelly.
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0:45.3	Yeah.
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