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LonePirate

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5. My guess is they discussed BBB as the voting rights bills are now dead.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 14, 2022, 01:19 AM

Jan 2022

If judicial appointments weren’t so critical, Biden would likely rip into them publicly or ask Schumer to remove them from committees. However Manchin would just change parties and Sinema would not care because she is there to serve her donors and not the public.

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Biden hosts Manchin and Sinema at White House to push for voting rights reforme [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

Obstruction pays in attention. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2022 #1

Perhaps Sinema will put down her phone Colgate 64 Jan 2022 #2

Hopefully the ghost of LBJ will be there to strike some goddamn fear vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #3

Was thinking the same thing. Biden ahold eat raw onions before the meeting unblock Jan 2022 #4

My guess is they discussed BBB as the voting rights bills are now dead. LonePirate Jan 2022 #5

Manchin won't change parties because he would never win a Republican primary in WV. SunSeeker Jan 2022 #6

She's actually in just as bad a spot as manchin. She flipped from gqp to dem when she came out as PortTack Jan 2022 #9

Flipped? When was she ever a Republican? n/t thesquanderer Jan 2022 #14

Oh...she flipped from the green party...my mistake PortTack Jan 2022 #22

Good, AZ Dems have much better candidates available. nt SunSeeker Jan 2022 #17

He wouldn't have to win a Republican primary. He could choose to become/run as an Independent. n/t thesquanderer Jan 2022 #16

Without a "no Dem challenger" agreement with Dems like Bernie has, Manchin would be toast. SunSeeker Jan 2022 #18

I don't know enough about him or WV to know whether he could pull off... thesquanderer Jan 2022 #19

At this point it's hard to say which of the two is more dead. (n/t) thesquanderer Jan 2022 #15

The time for "respectful exchange of views" is long past. Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #7

He probably is...mentally anyway PortTack Jan 2022 #10

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #11

how many times qazplm135 Jan 2022 #8

It's past time to find kacekwl Jan 2022 #12

And how does that help? FBaggins Jan 2022 #13

They could resign in disgrace and kacekwl Jan 2022 #20

That isn't how it works FBaggins Jan 2022 #21