Every last DU'er should wake up in the morning and thank Heaven for Joe Manchin...

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113. When I saw we had a 50/50 Senate, I knew he'd do precisely what he is doing

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I don't know why people are so surprised. He telegraphed he was a vainglorious jerk from the beginning. The esteem with which he holds himself in his own mind is the stuff of legend. He think's he's this towering 19th Century statesman holding the Union together through compromise.

And we saw how that all went.

He keeps McConnell's agenda off the table. We get judges and Supreme Court picks. We'll eke through some legislation that would otherwise be wrecked.

The major stuff? Not happening. Not with this guy. I don't know why anyone has the expectation. There isn't a Democratic punchbowl he's not willing to squat in.

We invited him for the evening. Why so shocked how the party is turning out?

He just has to be borne. For now. Until he doesn't.