Mitch McConnell says improved economy is result of ‘the expectation of a new Republican Congress.’ Um, probably not.

"After so many years of sluggish growth," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote in a news release Wednesday, "we're finally starting to see some economic data that can provide a glimmer of hope." Fair enough. He continues: "The uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama Administration’s long tenure in Washington: the exp