and that is who they are publicly targeting in their war of words,* although Sinema has gone silent. “Most voters love the stuff,” but that’s not how they’ve voted. You can hear it in Manchin’s comments how he’s carved out his position(s). It’s very obvious his focus on heavy social spending comes from a calculated position.

* there was at least one very public spat that was on my news channel MSNBC between Manchin and Bernie.