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Loretta Lynch is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 28, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Cruz & Co. launch doomed bid to derail Lynch

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

Those hoping to defeat Loretta Lynch's bid to become the next Attorney General should probably start lowering their expectations.

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U.N. Ambassador at McConnell Center

U.N. Ambassador at McConnell Center

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No wonder Mitch McConnell wants credit...

Then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) (R-KY) arrives to answer questions following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty)

McConnell on the economy: You're welcome

Image: Senators Holds Their Weekly Party Policy Luncheon — Rachel Maddow

McConnell wants credit for economic...

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks to reporters after the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill following a long series of votes at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 13, 2014.

The 2015 Senate: A staging ground for 2016?

President Barack Obama talks to U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during a meeting with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell has a confrontational course in...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 2, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

McConnell: Obama won't like GOP agenda

McConnell on Senate ctrl: It's been a long... — The Last Word

McConnell on Senate ctrl: It's been a long...

Cuba And U.S. To Re-establish Diplomatic Relations — Rachel Maddow

Obama enjoys broad public backing on new...

An activist holds up a sign outside the State Department during a protest of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 7, 2014 in Washington. — Rachel Maddow

McConnell puts Keystone at the top of the...

File Photo: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, center, joins other conservatives lawmakers to criticize President Obama's national health care plan, often called "Obamacare," Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The... — Rachel Maddow

Poisoning the well? McConnell eyes ACA...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and US Senator Chuck Schumer look on as US President Barack Obama speaks during a bipartisan, bicameral congressional leadership luncheon at the White House ion Nov. 7, 2014. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell sees Supreme Court as possible...

McConnell’s First Move

McConnell’s First Move

President Barack Obama addresses a group of business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 3, 2014. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty)

Obama to business leaders: Raise wages

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) reacts as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 3, 2014.

Ted Cruz threatens new immigration shutdown

Obama to meet privately with Mitch McConnell — Rachel Maddow

Obama to meet privately with Mitch McConnell

Sen. McConnell’s gaffe on immigration — PoliticsNation

Sen. McConnell’s gaffe on immigration

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

Mitch McConnell and the limits of...

A man jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

GOP gets mixed message from party leaders

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Republicans seethe over Obama's plan

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell answers questions during a press conference at the University of Louisville on Nov. 5, 2014 in Louisville, Ky. — Rachel Maddow

Mitch McConnell's 'serious look at the...

A Capitol police officer walks through the Capitol Rotunda, empty of visitors after being closed to tours, during the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

GOP leaders fear new round of shutdown...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. smiles as he arrives for a meeting of Senate Republicans on Nov. 13, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

'Bourbon summit' is on, says McConnell

McConnell: We won't shut down gov or default

McConnell: We won't shut down gov or default

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, on Nov. 12, 2014. — Morning Joe

Cracks already showing in Dem front

Poll: McConnell as Majority Leader?

msnbc News Quiz: Mitch McConnell

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. smiles as he arrives for a meeting of Senate Republicans to choose their leaders for the Congress that convenes in January, on Nov. 13, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. — Morning Joe

McConnell voted in as majority leader

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