tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post9079207457351946826..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: How Biden Is Addressing One of the Ways That Republicans Are Undermining DemocracyNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-33807526940893831712021-12-20T07:47:08.728-06:002021-12-20T07:47:08.728-06:00BTW regarding Manchin, Jonathan Chait at NY Mag se...BTW regarding Manchin, Jonathan Chait at NY Mag serves up the official wisdom, all the more egregious because it's so blatantly illogical and he knows better. He uses most of his post to say that Manchin almost surely had an agreement with Biden after long outreach from the president and then broke it, hasn't offered a hint of what he'd require instead, and hasn't proposed an alternative. And then Chait concludes anyway by asking why Biden can't just suck it up like, presumably, all those radical lefty Dems and just give him what he wants? JohnHhttps://www.haberarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-42735563161034913672021-12-19T12:00:40.023-06:002021-12-19T12:00:40.023-06:00It's impressive, all the more so sense every r...It's impressive, all the more so sense every right-thinking person knows that Biden has sat on everything and done nothing. <br /><br />He's also now called out Manchin now for negotiating in bad faith, just of course as the usual moderate press pundits keep calling Biden for refusing to bite the bullet and negotiate with Manchin (apart from the critics who blame him for not waving his magic wand and making Manchin go away). <br /><br />All this still leaves American in dire straits, but still gotta acknowledge what's really happened. JohnHhttps://www.haberarts.comnoreply@blogger.com