Mitch McConnell: 'Not a snowball's chance in hell' of an Obama nominee on the Supreme Court

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has figured out how to appeal to the House Freedom Caucus crazies who loathe him. He met with the "board" of the Freedom Caucus (yes, they call their leadership a board because who knows?) and shared with a mutual love for shutting down various branches of government and attempting to humiliate President Obama, which made them very excited and complimentary.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a group of staunch House conservatives there isn't "a snowball's chance in hell" that he will back down from his opposition to confirming a Supreme Court justice before a new president is elected.

"There's not a snowball's chance in hell that's gonna happen," McConnell said, according to lawmakers in the meeting.

Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador said the meeting underscored "the importance of having a Republican Senate."

Whether this will make McConnell's or House Speaker Paul Ryan's life with the maniacs over the next year any easier remains to be seen. But it's not likely. They're still going to insist on a budget and spending proposal that inflicts the maximum amount of punishment on the maximum amount of poor and old people, and will still have a fit when McConnell can't deliver that to them. 

But for now McConnell's dickishness has won them over, because that's the thing they understand best.