The Politics Thread

[JaneAusten]

Meh they should have been courting Murkowski. Just like McConnell spent time courting Manchin and Sinema.   Get the 50 votes that way and how about try Ben Sasse who CLAIMS to support voting rights. Could Murkowski be persuaded to help carve out an exception to the filibuster for voting rights? She'd be more reasonable than Manchin has been. And it's clear he HATES a lot of West Virginians.

[Vee]

I think Manchin is more likely to support a carveout on voting rights based on recent tea leaf readings from various journos (I can't find the tweets right now) than he is to ever support BBB. I agree on Murkowski.

[DRW50]

Sasse and even  Murkowski have party loyalty - Manchin and Sinema don't. They are corporate whores, and yes, Manchin obviously hates most of his people:

 

[Vee]

I think Murkowski can potentially go rogue. Sasse is pathetic.

[janea4old]

Don't drop climate!  Recruit Murkowski instead.

Edited December 20, 2021 by janea4old

[dragonflies]

 

[JaneAusten]

Such contempt for his own constituents. WV is number one in the country in Opioid deaths.

[Juliajms]

 The nerve of this man. Of course there will always be bad actors, but that is not a good reason to punish all poor children. I guess it must be easier to live with yourself if you believe people are poor because of moral failings.

I think we are well past this issue. Now we are lurching towards being a completely failed democracy and no one with power knows how to fight it. It's not hard to imagine being under repressive Republican rule for a very long time to come no matter what the majority of people want. Meanwhile, you know who is out there and waiting for another chance in 2024.

[Wendy]

 

[Wendy]

And, after hardships with Major, a heart-wrenching but understandable decision has come:

 

As for the cat:

 

[Fevuh]

For any rep for WV to be against this the way they’ve wasted money on a Highway to nowhere is so stupid. He picked a damn ridiculous time to find fiscal responsibility.  I feel no empathy for that state if a disaster strikes. Let ‘em suffah.  I’m a snowflake but I’m an iron one when I get pissed.

They’re too stupid to notice Trump is picking off their own old guard one by one until there’s no one left but his minions.  They are dumb enough to think one of themselves will emerge to beat him.  And they won’t and then stand around claiming “this isn’t the Republican Party!” Yes it is you dumb*ucks.  

[JaneAusten]

The coal miners union normally a big Manchin supporter has asked him to reconsider his stance. Apparently BBB includes an extension to a fund that provides benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung  disease which expires this year. They also praised tax incentives that encourage manufacturers to build facilities in coalfields that would employ thousands of miners who lost their jobs. Imagine Manchin voting NO on this. 

[DramatistDreamer]

After the tirades about CRT faded (times just after November elections, quelle surprise), I just knew the deficit hawks would rear their heads. Manchin is a conservative (no way is he moderate), of course, he'd start scolding about deficits-straight from the GOP playbook.

[Vee]

 

[Vee]