Manchin voted to confirm Sessions, Barr, Grennell, Pompeo, and Kavanaugh.

[Bleacher Creature]

Link to tweet

[SoonerPride]

1. They all have penises.

And Manchin is one.

[still_one]

3. not sure about that. There is an inverse proportion involved

[Fritz Walter]

19. My appendage takes umbrage!

...at that analogy!

Mine happens to serve several useful purposes. Manchin? Not so much...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Excellent idea. Give him attention that he won't like. It will be a deterrent.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. So, no issue with a klansman with shady Russian ties (which he lied about

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to everyone's faces), who then went on to kidnap children. But if you say some sassy shit on Twitter, you better watch your ass. And as far as Sanctimonious Caucus leader Collins goes. Whatever happened to Presidents, even fake ones, being entitled to staff as they wish?

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Democrats are expected to be happy with the crumbs and scraps they are willing to part with.

Manchin gets an extra teaspoon of gruel with his Sunday breakfast as compensation for services rendered.

[JI7]

5. This is exactly the problem. They aren't asking him this.

[LizBeth]

6. I'm angry Sanders started with a wag of the finger, scold to another woman demanding an apology.

That a female voice dare be confrontational. He got it on record. He set the scene.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Male politicians say and do horrific things, and nothing happens to them.

The women do a bit of totally justified trash talk and they are the devils.

[LizBeth]

10. Right on and I am not going ot pretend this is any other conversation like Sanders and others want

us to do.

It is all about a woman speaking out and being swatted down.

[jaxexpat]

30. To this particular crowd of losers she is, more specifically, a SHE-devil.

Oh why? How valuable is the hive that demands their daughter expire flitting desperately from one damaged, putrid bloom to another in a ceaseless task, stealing enough nectar to honey-feed the gaping mouths of inbred larvae? The votes, The votes, alas it's the votes that cost this bon vivant its soul. And that one, too. And there, another. There is no righteous one, not any.

[Budi]

7. Susan Collins

Link to tweet

[Politicub]

9. It's infuriating, but there's not a lot we can do about it. I think democrats in the

senate are reluctant to push back too hard because he could change parties and flip the senate to republican control.

[SCantiGOP]

21. And this fact:

He gives us a Democratic seat in one of the 10 most Repub states in the nation. His presence made Schumer the head of the Senate.
As long as he votes with us 50%+ of the time, I see him as an asset.

[Politicub]

31. Yes. There's that.

I don’t disagree that he’s an asset and serves an important purpose.

[Vogon_Glory]

11. I wish we had sixty two Democrats in the US Senate

Then we could afford to be more particular as to who we have in our ranks. This last time our senatorial candidates lost in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Maine, North Carolina, and other states we thought we’d pick up.

[Escurumbele]

12. I wish that too, but you know what? When that happens in the republican party, republicans

know how to deal with dissenters, Democrats need to do the same, there are many subtle ways to do it, they need to find one to put Manchin in his place to cooperate.

I have been saying this about Manchin, and I got beat up for saying it, but people need to understand that Manchin, at least to me, is a republican in disguise.

[FakeNoose]

15. There are 17 Senate seats up for re-election in 2022

Let's get to work!

[SergeStorms]

13. Many people on DU get irritated...

when anyone badmouths Manchin, but he just flat out pisses me off, so sorry about that. As far as President Biden's agenda goes, Manchin might just as well sit on the other side of the aisle.

[NewHendoLib]

16. he pisses me off too. Only the D keeps him from being utterly useless (if not worse)

[SCantiGOP]

23. As I mentioned above,

if it weren’t for Manchin, McConnell would be head of the Senate.

[SergeStorms]

35. He may as well be.

It seems like McConnell is more powerful than Schumer right now.

[blueinredohio]

27. I wasn't going to post anything because it makes people mad

but he pisses me off too.

[yaesu]

14. from maddow

Link to tweet

[djacq]

17. Never think that no one is watching the other end of the Spectrum

They are and many thanks.

[Hortensis]

18. So, recommend you get over it. We have REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT,

and Manchin is the choice of the MAJORITY of voters of WV.

Remember democracy, majority rule? That people who live other states get to vote for their OWN representatives but not impose their choices on other states?

We're all of us either pro-democracy or we are anti-democracy along with the trumpists. There is really no middle ground, as in "pro" when I get my way, but otherwise not.

[Autumn]

33. A MAJORITY of voters of WV. One democrat from one state out of 50 gets to hold up

Joe's agenda and gave cover to the 2 Republicans who might have been willing to vote for her to vote no on her. Representative? I'm not so sure, but Manchin sure represented something on Trumps nasty ass picks.

[Hortensis]

36. Yes. That's democracy. Those who assume they support democratic

government even while claiming they have the right, and even a duty , to subvert the sovereign rights of all who disagree with them really need to do some serious thinking.

Unfortunately for those of all ideologies who are fed up with being outvoted by majorities and cannot accept and respect the rights of others, the liberal Democratic Party is implacably committed to maintaining our democratic republic. We're the kind who created it in the first place, after all. You know, how best to secure for everyone equality and rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness through government of, by and for the people?

But those ideals are not shared by everyone by a long shot.

[NurseJackie]

20. He's the best we can hope for.

I'd rather have him than not. Without him, we no longer have the majority in the Senate.

[DFW]

22. I think of Manchin like that quote from Churchill about Democracy

Manchin is the worst Senator we could have except for all the Republicans that could be there instead of him.

Sure, we'd prefer an Al Franken clone, but Al Franken would get 26% of the vote in a West Virginia Senate race.

[maxrandb]

24. We need to look and see if she tweeted about Manchin

He's probably butthurt that she may have said mean things to him.

As far as Susan Collins goes...she goes whichever way Moscow Mitch goes. It's a symptom of having your head up someone's ass. You tend to follow them.

[SunSeeker]

25. Even GOP lackey Hugh Hewitt thinks Tanden should be confirmed. Manchin needs to reconsider.

Tanden has apologized for her tart language. Senators — not just Manchin but also Republicans — should accept that and vote to confirm her.

It would be one thing if Tanden had been nominated to a lifetime appointment for a federal judgeship, for which a higher standard applies and judicial temperament is part of the equation. But that test doesn’t apply with the same force to executive branch officials, and, in any event, presidents are entitled to broad deference in how to assemble their Cabinet. New presidents who have four years to succeed deserve their team in place, absent disqualifying personal flaws or other serious cause for concern. There are exceptions to every rule, but “mean tweets” doesn’t even come close.

This is especially true when it comes to the Office of Management and Budget, which is almost an extension of the White House staff. The closer one gets to the Oval Office, the more deference a president’s nominees should receive on policy grounds. The secretaries of state and defense and the attorney general might need to have been living above the public fray, but the fray exists to elevate presidents and parties. Disqualifying the most effective of the pugilists is going to rebound on both parties, whose younger generations are full of Twitter addicts who approach debate like the locker room of soccer club AFC Richmond. Finally, senators should remember there will be another GOP president. He or she will want their own team — and that team should be full of the party’s best minds, including those who have displayed sharp elbows on air and online. For 40 years, I’ve watched fine nominees be pulled under withering insinuation and false accusations. From John Agresto, unsuccessfully nominated to be the national archivist by President Ronald Reagan, to Andy Puzder, unsuccessfully nominated to be secretary of labor by President Donald Trump, I’ve seen friends of surpassing talent denied the opportunity to serve because of ridiculous overreaction and fictional charges. It’s time to reset the confirmation bar to exclude only serious objections, not the fact that some senators carry grudges and that the group as a whole wants a safe harbor from mean tweets. One or more GOP senators should step forward and set a precedent for the next Republican administration: “I am voting to confirm Neera Tanden despite what she has said or written about me or my fellow senators because the president deserves his first team on the field early. And we expect the Democrats to play by the same rules in four or eight years.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/20/gop-should-forgive-neera-tanden/

[Oldem]

28. Manchin is a red dog democrat, a DINO, a throwback to the "Southern Democrat.

We might as well get use used to his not marching to the progressive drum. As such, he'll be a thorn in the Dem caucus's side until somebody makes him an offer he can't refuse--probably a succession of offers, since he now knows he has the swing vote. What a power trip he must be on!

[BlueNProud]

29. Manchin is an idiot whose worst fear is being perceived as "liberal"

there's no principal behind what he does. In his own way just as venal as Graham or Rand Paul,

[SlogginThroughIt]

34. all Manchin is, is a democrat number.

That is all he is. A number in our total column. You cannot count on him. But you can count him when it comes to who chairs comittees. When you come to that realization, it is much easier to handle his idiocy.

[Yavin4]

37. How many W.VA Republican voters or lean Republican voters are going to vote for Manchin

because he blocked Tanden? Probably 0.

So, who exactly is he courting favor with? Manchin, like all other elected Democrats in the Senate, are tied with Biden. There's no escaping that. Being a maverick to Biden's agenda does nothing for you politically. NOTHING.