Pointing the Blame

In an advertisement that began running on Wednesday in Kentucky, Democrats showed Mr. McConnell’s face on an Old West-style wanted poster. “Some places it’d be considered a crime, but not in Washington,” an announcer says with a cowboy twang. “Wall Street and the big banks gave Mitch McConnell $4.4 million for his campaigns, and he fought for less regulation of Wall Street.” Showing a stampede of wild horses, the announcer continues: “McConnell opened the gate and Wall Street went wild, and now our entire economy is at risk. Maybe it’s time we bring Mitch McConnell back to the corral.”