Manchin is still a Dem, and the fact that he would even engage in discussions on raising taxes and new spending is reason enough not to relax until we take either or both the House and Senate.
Manchin backed off when he saw the newest inflation numbers.
He’s attempting to stop hyper-inflation. This one act doesn’t make Manchin a conservative but it does make him a democrat who can see beyond being ‘buttered up’ by sicko corrupt white liberal ‘elites’.
Which is a hell of a lot more than can be said of most democrats in DC.