WASHINGTON _ Mitch McConnell got nearly as many mentions in the first 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate as the man Democrats are looking to oust from the White House.
It was fresh evidence that the Kentucky Republican has emerged as one of the Democrats' most valuable villains, a role he's likely to continue playing as the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns unfold.
But as moderators pressed the Democrats about whether they had a plan to "deal" with McConnell, the Senate majority leader who delights in portraying himself as the "Grim Reaper" who crushes Democratic legislation, the candidates generally had little to offer.
