Manchin blew up negotiations out of the blue on the opposition's toxic propaganda network!
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1473017391563087876
Joe Biden, who has been around the Senate since Methuselah had his baby teeth, clearly thinks that Manchin is no longer negotiating in good faith. Perhaps he's wrong, but it's certainly not a judgment inconsistent with the publicly known facts
I agree as far as it goes with the "prioritize and do fewer programs better" approach, but it only works if you *try to work within the consensus of the party.* Simultaneously demanding prioritization and insisting on priority for your own idiosyncratic preferences won't work
Personally, if I were trying to negotiate a deal in good faith I would simply not suddenly show up on Rupert Murdoch's grievance merchant apparatus to announce that I was no longer open to negotiating
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