Yes indeed and that is the very words used by a journalist somewhat snarkily one feels [apparently not].
;-)
Now, with just a week left before massive tax hikes and spending cuts take effect, the president and speaker are again at a stalemate, and the country is headed for the fiscal cliff on Jan. 1. McConnell’s masterful strategic mind is built for moments like these.
According to Reuters he sure plays
a mean pinball
Expectations for some 11th-hour rescue focused largely on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, in part because he has performed the role of legislative wizard in previous stalemates.
To determine what is exactly going on in the mind of one of the Republican Party's deep thinkers we ordered a CAT scan, the results can be found after the squiggly thingy