If he holds fast on this (and the filibuster), Manchin and Murkowski might just as well switch parties.
Even with all of his political faults, he’s more of a Republican than she will ever be.
If he were up again in 2022, I’d be thinking he’d be a prime candidate to do a Jumpin Jim. Unlike the 2018 cycle, Manchin would be DOA in W. Virginia as a Democrat in 2022 IMO.
“If he holds fast on this (and the filibuster), Manchin and Murkowski might just as well switch parties.”
Nope not on this bill, even the RINOs are totally against it.
As conservative as Manchin appears, he’s still not to the right of either Murkowski or Collins, at least on any issue that I know of.
If Manchin were serious, he would switch parties in order to put the majority in the hands of Republicans and prevent junk like this from coming to the floor. Not that McConnell is any prize, but at least it would take control out of Schumer’s hands.
Manchin’s votes so far have supported Biden 100 percent. He always plays this game where he counts on certain Republicans to vote with the Dems and then he jumps up and says he voted against something but that his voted didn’t make a difference in the outcome.
He is pathetic, but he manages to fool many people into thinking he is a moderate. Manchin took an oath to uphold the Constitution, not moderately support it