Yeah, this is on Biden. It's been obvious since the Georgia specials that Manchin was the key to getting anything done. He should have been brought in early and everything drafted to keep him on board. Progressives would scream and gnash their teeth, but so what? In some distant future when a progressive is the must-have swing vote, they will get invited to the sausage-making meetings. But here in 2021, Manchin was the one who needed to be kept happy. He wasn't, and now we still get the gnashing of progressive teeth. Such a wasted opportunity ...
Yeah, this is on Biden. It's been obvious since the Georgia specials that Manchin was the key to getting anything done. He should have been brought in early and everything drafted to keep him on board. Progressives would scream and gnash their teeth, but so what? In some distant future when a progressive is the must-have swing vote, they will get invited to the sausage-making meetings. But here in 2021, Manchin was the one who needed to be kept happy. He wasn't, and now we still get the gnashing of progressive teeth. Such a wasted opportunity ...