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In reply to the discussion: Manchin sits with Republicans during State of the Union [View all]RockRaven
(14,958 posts)When a Senate confirmation fails because of a party-line vote plus his defection, then kick his ass to the curb. In the meantime, we need every judge and exec branch nominee confirmed that we can get.
FFS, we're over 1/4 of the way through the term, over half way to the next Senate election, and there are still hundreds of Senate-confirmation-needing positions yet to fill. And there is literally zero margin on party line votes.
If you want to complain about Manchin, that's very understandable, but until there are 50+ Dem Senators not named Manchin or Sinema you will be hurting Democratic/progressive goals more than you help them by throwing him overboard.
Being pragmatic sucks, because of the thing sticking in one's craw, but the alternative is to cut off one's nose to spite one's face.