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In reply to the discussion: West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder [View all]calimary
(81,756 posts)If you cant do anything realistic to fix the Manchin problem itself, then focus on fixing the turf around him.
Where else do we have a chance to flip a red Senate seat to blue (like with Fetterman in Pennsylvania, for example)?
Where else do we need to secure a blue Senate seat thats considered vulnerable?
Where do we build so his currently-pivotal position goes AWAY?
If were stuck with him, then we need to go around him and build enough strength in spite of him so that his vote doesnt have the unreasonable pivotal clout that it unfortunately has now.
A 50/50 Senate divide leaves us screwed. It is ALWAYS teetering on the brink of toppling on a critical (and inevitably controversial) issue. And add in some flighty mess like Kyrsten Sinema and theres even more urgency to add Democrats. REAL Democrats who can be counted on to vote the way they should and not wander over within hugging distance of the red team.
We need to add Senators to the blue team.