.@Sen_JoeManchin tells @ThePlumLineGS that he will not even *edit* the Jim Crow filibuster to stop McConnell from nullifying the election and preventing Dems from taking their committee gavels washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… 
who knows how this will all turn out but man is it depressing. millions of activists and ordinary people bust their asses to get Dems the Senate and they are *instantly* betrayed by the party right wing
I will say I'm glad this fight broke out just 5 days after Biden took office. it took almost 5 years to get to a similar place under Obama
I've heard the theory that @Sen_JoeManchin doesn't want to take hard votes that piss off party activists. but seems to me like those kinds of votes are exactly what he would want to demonstrate his "independence" from the party in a deep red state
if I were him I'd be eager at the chance to dictate terms. here's the bills I want to see so I can vote for them, I would say to Schumer, and here's the ones I want you to tee up so I can vote against them
the desire for power and influence is like the central axis of 99 percent of political history. but not for today's "moderate" Democrats. they run for office, and spend all their time running from governance
MACBETH: I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other.
KING MANCHIN: you can just have the crown dude, I don't want it. in fact I'll shank myself to help you along
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other.
KING MANCHIN: you can just have the crown dude, I don't want it. in fact I'll shank myself to help you along
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