Manchin and Sinema aren’t casting the deciding vote against the Democrats OR persuading the Senate Democratic leadership to abandon any legislation. A 50/50 Senate under a Biden presidency is a working majority.
It honestly baffles me how easily people get conned by Manchin and Sinema even after everything they’ve done since 2019.
Also, I suspect Greenfield will be Manchin/Sinema democrat.
You’re actually right, just not in the way you intended to be.
It is much easier to vote no on everything put forward by Republicans than spend political capital on reforms one's backers don't support. This is even truer for Democrats than it was for Republicans who were prepared to oppose all Democratic healthcare proposals but couldn't support skinny repeal when it was on the table.
Manchin's not running again so I don't think he cares. Sinema's state is rapidly blueing and she's likely to face a primary in 2024 if she doesn't toe the line. If we still had Heitkamp or McCaskill in the Senate caucus I would understand those concerns about them.
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