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Celerity

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27. He wants Collins (whom he endorsed and supported against our Dem candidate Gideon) to hold his hand

Reply to StarfishSaver (Reply #21)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:53 PM

Feb 2021

Maybe Murkowski too. Toss in Sinema and you have the very small but power-swinging centre-right (only in the American sense, they would all be solid RW in most all other advanced western nations) foursome.

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I don't think Manchin is totally on board. [View all] Fla Dem Feb 2021 OP

President Manchin has spoken...again nt msongs Feb 2021 #1

Time to get rid lsewpershad Feb 2021 #2

Sigh... not this nonsense again? FBaggins Feb 2021 #11

Are you sure? WarGamer Feb 2021 #14

He'll be replaced with a Republican who votes with us 0% of the time NYC Liberal Feb 2021 #25

Another very recent post says that reconciliation is already going forward... Silent3 Feb 2021 #3

The process allows for votes on proposals to be added to it Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #7

Yes it just passed on a 50-49 vote. Toomey was the absent one. Budi Feb 2021 #9

"Going forward" just means that the process can start FBaggins Feb 2021 #13

WTF? thucythucy Feb 2021 #4

Well if he wasn't Joe Manchin that would be a Republican Senator. dem4decades Feb 2021 #5

Susan Collins of Maine Polybius Feb 2021 #18

I wouldn't call Maine blue. Angus King is an Independent. Maine gives 1 Electoral vote to a dem4decades Feb 2021 #20

Bernie is an Independent too, but like King he is much closer to us than them Polybius Feb 2021 #24

Funny thing, that's the poorest part. Like Republican's give a shit dem4decades Feb 2021 #26

It's insane isn't it? Polybius Feb 2021 #28

Well, he was on board enought to pass ot this far today. Budi Feb 2021 #6

Newsweek has become nothing but a right-wing rag maxrandb Feb 2021 #8

True. I got more info from Daily Mail, ffs! Budi Feb 2021 #12

He can be a disruptor to some extent, but Biden is a Senate expert. mackdaddy Feb 2021 #10

"My take is that VP Harris going on WV tv was a shot across the bow" Budi Feb 2021 #15

I trust President Biden and Leader Schumer to deal with it. drray23 Feb 2021 #16

Manchin is in both a powerful and fraught position. TomSlick Feb 2021 #17

WV was historically a conservative Dem state radius777 Feb 2021 #29

So is Manchin the new Lieberman? I'll change sides if you don't agree with me? jalan48 Feb 2021 #19

Connecticut is not West Virginia. dem4decades Feb 2021 #22

If we lose the Senate in 2022, I expect him to flip to R in preparation for his 2024 re-election bid Celerity Feb 2021 #23

He won't vote for the bill unless a Republican votes for it, too? StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #21

He wants Collins (whom he endorsed and supported against our Dem candidate Gideon) to hold his hand Celerity Feb 2021 #27

There is already Republican support for it with his state's governor JI7 Feb 2021 #30

Manchin seems concerned. *nod to susan collins MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #31