In Bloomberg Opinion, I attempt to adjudicate their dispute.
Mitch McConnell knew this would happen.
For months, the Senate Republican leader had been telling anyone who would listen — other senators, party donors, even the occasional pundit — that the party should not run on a detailed agenda during the midterm campaign this fall. Republicans were already positioned to do well.
Why hand the Democrats a chance to launch attacks on a Republican agenda?
Senator Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, didn’t agree. . . .
Update: The column briefly discusses the most controversial Scott proposal, which is that everyone should pay income taxes in order to have “skin in the game.” I had a longer article about the idea in NR–and although it came out more than ten years ago, I think it holds up pretty well.