They grow more intractable and arbitrary by the day, and in return they raise more and more money from Republican donors.
Manchin’s latest demands concerning Build Back Better are absolutely gonzo. He is an malevolent, stupid, selfish and greedy man.
I’m afraid that Pramilla Jayuapal may lose her position as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus over her too-credulous acquiescence to Biden’s request for a separate vote on the BIF, which robbed the CPC of any leverage at all to pass Build Back Better in the Senate.
Biden assured her he would deliver 50 Senate votes for BBB. When will progressives learn: you never, ever take the word of an Establishment Democrat. Biden is unwilling to get tough with Manchin by telling him not to expect anything for West Virginia if he doesn’t cut the crap.
I have to wonder, too, what thoughts go through Biden’s head when he recalls all those statements he made on the campaign trail about how the Republicans would experience an epiphany once Trump was out of office?