One Big Loser tonight: Joe Manchin.

[OAITW r.2.0]

No more holding the Democratic agenda hostage, Joe.

[mucifer]

1. sinema too so nope

[SCantiGOP]

14. Right

we needed two more seats to have a truly "Democratic" majority.

[Justice matters.]

27. Maybe some red-ripple repubs will drop their hair-furhair's asskissing...

and start behaving reasonably?

For the people, not for the fascists?

[SCantiGOP]

30. I think that's likely

The so-called Freedom Caucus will be pushing a very radical agenda in the House, and blocking any Biden legislation.
If the House ends up with a slim GOP majority, will only take 2 or 3 of them to defect to give the Dems a working majority.

[msongs]

2. not until warnock is reelected nt

[onetexan]

5. He will win🌞

[Vogon_Glory]

7. Agreed. Not until Reverend Warnock is re-elected n/t

[JohnSJ]

15. Still not enough. We will need to work with both Manchin and Sinema, and both were not for changing

any filibuster rules

Why Warnock, and all the Senate seats we have won in the midterms are six year terms, which should help us in 2024

[leftieNanner]

3. Yes but

Don't forget Kirsten

[hlthe2b]

4. Only if we get Warnock through

and remember the filibuster is still an issue. Still, Manchin is losing some of his hold.

[Blaukraut]

11. Even with Warnock Manchin and Sinema can be pains in the ass

They just have to team up to make trouble.

[hlthe2b]

13. True enough. But Sinema should have her eyes open at what faces her in AZ for her

reelection. Not exactly the same playing field.

[Blaukraut]

22. True. She might try to hold off a primary challenge.

But Manchin is toast in WV, imho, so he'll be free to follow his heart, which tends to reside in his wallet.

[Stargleamer]

6. Remember he still has Sinema by his side

so if both of them vote with the Republicans he can still do damage, even if Warnock wins

[JohnSJ]

8. Really? Just how did you come to that conclusion? We will still need to work with Manchin and

Sinema to get things done

[former9thward]

26. Except he's not, he is still there and relevant.

[calimary]

10. That's why we've GOT TO win Georgia too.

And even better: make Kyrsten Sinema irrelevant, too. She irks me even more than Manchin does!

[JohnSJ]

18. That won't make Sinema or Manchin irrelevant. We will still need to work with both regardless of

what happens in the Gerorgia runoff. The advantage of getting Warnock and all Senators elected for the midterms is they are six year terms

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Nope, Manchin is still the most powerful man in America

Even if we get to 51 with Warnock, either Manchin’s or Sinema’s vote will still be needed. If Manchin balks at passing a bill, you can bet that Sinema will too, albeit for different stated reasons perhaps.

[JohnSJ]

19. Thank-you. Not sure why some forget that. What we do have is re-elected Democrats who won

Senate races in this midterm, they have six year term which should carry us through 2024

[Polybius]

29. And unless we win the House, there won't be any bills passing

It's still possible though.

[Meadowoak]

16. Manchin will probably switch parties.

[JohnSJ]

23. Why? There is nothing to support that he would do that. Manchin has supported Biden's judges

and helped get the last piece of legislation through for us in the Senate, much to McConnel’s disappointment

[Silent3]

17. Since Manchin and Sinema often obstruct together...

...this will only help a little now and then.

Won't help for eliminating the filibuster, unless one or the other truly surprises us.

[SunImp]

20. Big L's to Bill Maher

https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/woke-culture-is-one-reason-why-gop-will-win-big-at-midterms-bill-maher-suggests-burr-comedian-republican-democrat

& Other political figures who thought the youth won't turn out.

[JohnSJ]

24. I am not sure why anyone would give any credibility to a stand up comedian for political analysis?

[Johnny2X2X]

21. If we hold the House we can start saying this.

But nothing will get to the Senate from a GOP House.

[stopdiggin]

25. I'm going to join a lot of other voices in saying, "not really."

While some celebration is understandable - what we have tonight is nowhere near a bullet-proof majority. And, consequently - Joe Manchin still has an enormous amount of (outsized) power.

[JCMach1]

28. Another reason we need Warnock to win ...

[karynnj]

31. I bet he sees himself as a winner. I bet he prefers being in the majority

In addition, we will have at most 51. His vote is still pretty important.