Joe Manchin won't call the cops until one of the burglars in his house agrees to help him dial 911

[Bucky]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/manchin-voting-rights-bill-bipartisan-filibuster

Manchin Insists On Bipartisan Push For Certain Parts Of Voting Rights Bill
By Kate Riga | March 25, 2021 | TalkingPointsMemo.com

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday isolated specific parts of S1, the “For The People Act” voting rights package, that he said he thinks can garner bipartisan support. They include expanding the early voting period, getting more resources to historically disenfranchised groups, beefing up election security infrastructure and tightening up campaign finance laws.

“Pushing through legislation of this magnitude on a partisan basis may garner short-term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of Americans harbor against the U.S. government,” he wrote.

He did not mention other high priority measures for Democrats in the bill, including redistricting commissions to deal with partisan gerrymandering, re-enfranchising felons and public financing for campaigns. Manchin, jokingly called the "Senate majority leader" due to his outsized power in the evenly-split chamber, brings that influence to this bill as well. He is currently the only Democrat who hasn’t co-sponsored S1, and his apparent inclination to attract Republican support for parts of it seems to already be shaping Democratic leadership’s public comments.

“I’ve spoken to some Republican senators who don’t accept the bill as one in its entirety but may be willing to sit down and talk about sections of this bill,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said on CNN Thursday morning.

[kacekwl]

1. Wake up dummy. You are

Lying or stupid. I don't think you're stupid.

[ColinC]

2. Pass the parts that will get 60 votes

And then kill the fillibuster to pass the rest. Great idea, Joe! I always knew you were on our side!