In a Sunday, October 27 article published by The Atlantic, and adapted from journalist Michael Tackett’s new book, “The Price of Power,” Tackett lays out what he believes was “likely the worst political miscalculation of” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) career. The Republican leader’s “goal was to preserve a Senate majority,” Tackett writes. McConnell “wanted the energy of Trump’s voters in Senate races, without the baggage of Trump. He gambled on his belief that Trump would fade from the political stage in the aftermath” of January 6. “Instead, Trump reemerged every bit as str…