U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell holds a news conference on the day after he was re-elected to a sixth term to the U.S. Senate at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, November 5, 2014. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he thought he could have a productive relationship with McConnell, the Republican set to be the next Senate majority leader after his party won electoral victories on Tuesday. REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)