15th July 2021, 11:21 AM
Manchin just said that he supports one voting rights bill, and that everyone in both parties should support it. I think we can still hold out a little hope that, once the Republicans filibuster said bill, maybe he'll finally be like 'we tried really hard but need to change the filibuster [perhaps to a talking one'. I know he's repeatedly said how he doesn't want to change the filibuster, but we still haven't had that big, major filibuster of a no-question critical bill yet. It's once we get to THAT that we'll see if he changes... and he well may, he's clearly good at politics even if his political positions are often very frustrating (and, certainly, favorable to his state's corporations and industries).
Sinema, though? She's just being extremely obnoxious. Who knows what she'll do.
But yeah, political whipping? Good idea. I think Biden is doing that, too -- he talked at length at the Senate Dems lunch or something recently. We need these two (or one, if they end up merged) big-moneybills to pass, they are Biden's most critical bills right now and contain a whole lot of really good things.
Sinema, though? She's just being extremely obnoxious. Who knows what she'll do.
But yeah, political whipping? Good idea. I think Biden is doing that, too -- he talked at length at the Senate Dems lunch or something recently. We need these two (or one, if they end up merged) big-moneybills to pass, they are Biden's most critical bills right now and contain a whole lot of really good things.
Quote: The democrats need to unify in the way Republicans have (and I think you know what they need to unify for- progressive policy).Republicans unify too much -- I mean, they'll fall in line behind Trump! -- but yeah, if only we could do even half of this we'd get so, SO much more done... :bummed: