Is he going to? He won’t? Does he have a chance? Maybe he won’t. His latest attitude seems to be:
The world of the obsessive and absurdly obsessed is yours! PoliticoReading Senator Joe Manchin’s tea leaves to try to get a hint as to the state of the negotiations for the reconciliation bill. Here’s the latest example. Politico microanalyzing Manchin came on Monday This obsession was reflected in at least SEVENTEEN (17) Politico stories featuring Manchin in one day.
This is almost like a large staff of Democrats that are strongly invested in the idea of these huge “infrastructure” bills being the basis for the Party’s rise and fall.
Politico was so eager to see the Manchin tea leaf bill, they even didn’t wait till Monday morning to start pondering Manchin’s position at 4:30 in “What’s Still in the Dem Megabill?” Check out this cheat sheet that covers 12 major topics.
The White House aims to at least reach a framework agreement (with Sens) Joe ManchinKyrsten Sinema, D-W.Va. (D.Ariz.), before the month ends. Even if the deal has been made, it will likely take several weeks for everything to be finalized.
The White House proposes a one year extension in order to lower the $450 billion initial price. However, ManchinBiden wanted to make work conditions and guarantee that the credit is only available to those families who have incomes of $60,000 or lower. Biden rejected this idea publicly last week.
The push to establish a free college for all ran into resistance from some senators. ManchinAccording to Democratic aides, Sinema and
…Biden said last week that including all three new Medicare benefits would be a “reach,” citing opposition from ManchinSinema.
You can even get… Manchin, who has snubbed so much of his party’s proposal, is on board with increasing the corporate and highest individual tax rates.
You can find more information hereManchin’s opposition has all but killed the clean electricity program Democrats envisioned to penalize utilities that don’t increase their use of renewables and pay those that do.
That was a lot of Manchin! This is a lot Manchin to begin the day. But wait! BUT WAIT! There’s more!
In reality, Politico had only barely begun to mine their Manchin ore for the day. Only a little over an hour later, at 6:06 AM when most people are still sleeping, we got a full six Manchins in “POLITICO Playbook: The 9 most important days of Biden’s presidency” starting with “The White House wanted to have a final deal on the sweeping reconciliation package clinched Sunday after Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.), and Senate Majority leader CHUCK SCHUMER met for breakfast in Wilmington, Del. It was a day of non-conclusive discussions.
A triple Manchin was even scored in a single paragraph about Manchin “the devil” at the theater:
MANCHIN GETS HIS PENCE/‘HAMILTON’ MOMENT — At a recording of West Virginia Public Radio’s “Mountain Stage” program at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, singer Carsie Blanton called out Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who was in attendance, in a song she’d written called “Dealing to the Devil.” It’s a story about her ex-boyfriend and Donald Trump, but she shifted the dedication to ManchinThe crowd cheered his refusal to extend the child tax credit fully, and he was booed. It was awkward.
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You can get their breakfast at 7:30AM. PoliticoA half dozen Manchins was served again in the “Is that finally the Week?” section.
If you were late for the early bird breakfast you could still fill up on four Manchin appetizers at the 8:00 AM breakfast in “Democrats closing in on spending agreement.”
10:00 AM PoliticoFive more Manchins were added to the brunch menu as part of “Democrats weight axing Medicare extension.”
Exactly the same thing happened: “The climate deal sprint” delivered exactly the right number of Manchins.
Also at 10 AM we had yet more Manchins in “Crunch time for Dems’ social spending talks” which was not to be confused with the 10 AM Manchin in the first paragraph of “Paid leave to go?” Neither with another 10 AM Manchin appearance in “School board groups backtrack on DOJ letter for security assistance” nor the last 10 AM Manchin mention of “Will Wyden’s new wealth tax be able to survive the courts?”
During lunch at 12:50 PM the entertainment was a video, “Biden pressed by reporters on meeting with Manchin.”
If you lingered over your meal, at 1:16 PM you were able to watch another video on Politico‘s favorite topic, “Manchin speaks out: Deal on ‘conceptual framework’ could happen this week.”
Still hadn’t gotten your fill of Manchin? You don’t have to stop there. Just wait three minutes and you could gorge on 17 Manchins at 1:19 PM in “Fellow Dems lobby Manchin as he gets closer to ‘yes’.”
Manchin even stole the attention in an article supposedly about Bernie Sanders at 1:51 PM, “POLITICO Playbook PM: Where’s Bernie?”
The Manchin obsession continued with at least three additional stories featuring him, which culminated in “The Sinemanch Shadow in Congress” (as per this 8:30 PM writing), which had a Manchin Score of 9.
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