Manchin Statement on Infrastructure and Reconciliation Negotiations

[FBaggins]

13. Close... but not quite

It’s just that the things that people expect when their party wins all three elected political levers of government - can be very different from what you can achieve with the tiniest of majorities. Just consider how difficult health care alone was when we had 60 Senators

I had assumed that the left end of the party (admittedly being much larger) would start by shooting for the moon… and settle for something much smaller. I didn’t expect that “it’s everything we want or nothing at all” to be anything other than a negotiating position.

I still expect that to be the eventual result… but admit it’s looking less likely now.