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In reply to the discussion: Manchin calls for 'enormous' infrastructure package paid for with new taxes [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)we can't do better than Joe Manchin in West Virginia. Joe Manchin is a conservative Democrat, but he is the 50th Democratic vote to make Chuck Schumer Majority Leader. We are quick to anger at Manchin over mainstream Democratic legislative initiatives that he balks at, but we should be much more angry at every single member of the Republican Caucus in the Senate who are virtually NEVER there when we need them. Given the state that Manchin represents, he literally is a gift to Democrats and he is the primary reason why Kamala Harris ever gets to cast tie breaking votes for Biden's agenda.
Manchin's overall voting record is light years better than any Republican in the Senate, including Collins, Murkowski, Romney, and anyone else one cares to name. If we manage to get Statehood for DC, we won't have to agonize so much over Manchin's conservative tendencies, but I fully agree with you. Right now, we are definitely lucky to have him in our caucus rather than the Republican one.