Manchin should say “Well, I have a message for the Rockerfellers:
“Eat Coal!”, but he’s too much of a gentleman.
I have to be careful putting too much faith in Joe Manchins apparent act of resistance. He is of the Democrat tribe. Therefore, I suspect at some point, Joe will step down from his latest soapbox and Joe will surrender.
He is most likely to accept some deal.
Quid pro quo. He has played this part before.
I don’t know. Pretty hard to call it an “act of fiscal insanity” on Wed and vote for it on Friday.
Manchin made a sound economic argument why the $3.5 is way too much spending with inflation out of control. As hard as he dug his rhetorical heels in, I cannot think of anything they might offer him to change his position
I think this one time a DC Democrat is actually putting principals in front of Party.