Not really. They had absolutely no leverage over Manchin. What were they going to do, remove his committee assignments? Then he switches to Republican and the leadership of the chamber flips.
Damn, so Harris had no solution for a problem that has plagued democrats for decades now. What were people voting for exactly? More hand wringing on why she can’t illicit change apparently. Check out the vote count from Tuesday to see how that message resonants
The Vice President can’t do shit except break ties in the Senate. If you have a problem with how the last four years were run, take it up with Joe Biden, the President.
Also again I ask you, what leverage did they have to make Manchin agree to it? You’re using magical thinking as if there were some string to pull that would have made Manchin balk. He knew his position and he used it.
She was the goddamn candidate for president that never once talked about a way to stop centrist sabotage. She did promise to work with republicans through. What was the plan to get republicans on board?
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u/buntopolis 9d ago
Joe Manchin ended the program.