Michelle Cottle

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2,005 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 19 Sep

Michelle Cottle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Opinions · ‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics. · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

I have.

Okay, now I love a good primary fight.

I know that the political class does not because it costs some money and they're worried about splitting.

But I'm all for a good primary battle.

So, you know, let's go forward.

We'll see how that goes.

But before we go...

I want to pivot to Washington just briefly and the question of how open elected officials need to be with the public about their whereabouts.

And I'm bringing this up because Senator Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old former Republican leader, has now been hospitalized for several weeks.

And we have yet to get information.

Any kind of clear explanation about what's going on.

This has sparked crazy rumors about whether something already happened to him that's horrible and it's being covered up by his team for political reasons.

And the McConnell drama is coming hot on the heels of another medical mystery, which is that New Jersey Republican president,

House member Tom Keene disappeared for over 100 days, during which time the public was told only that he was receiving medical treatment for something.

It wasn't until after he returned to the House in late June that people were told he had been treated for depression.

Now, I'm always grateful when members of Congress talk about their mental health challenges and

We get honest about that sort of thing.

But really, shouldn't the public have been given more information on this earlier?

Like the same thing with McConnell.

How much can we expect to know about the health and well-being of our political officials, guys?

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