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    It will be challenging to direct liability to the left flank of the party...
    Don't count on it:

    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...-sinema-514775

    As progressives continue to make the case for dual tracking the two bills, there is fear among some close Biden allies and moderate Democrats that they may be tarnishing the infrastructure component in politically damaging ways. It’s a proposal that the party still plans to run on during the mid-terms, and the fear is it will have less impact if Democratic lawmakers themselves are downplaying it.

    “Those are powerful images — the commemorative hard hats and the golden shovels. Those visuals are solid gold. They are great for TV. It may be the only thing that saves our bacon in 2022,” said Colin Strother, a Democratic strategist in Texas who works with moderates and regularly tangles with progressive activists. “A full bowl of rice does wonders for your polling, as a lot of countries will tell you. Biden needs this win. He really, really needs this win.”
    The BS is coming fast and heavy against progressives. You see the rhetoric---"we gotta have something or we get crushed in 2022"---"and the jobs back home..."

    We need to be in some of these progressive districts talking about the infrastructure bill and what it will do and how many jobs it will create. We need to get them on our program.”
    Of course when Manchin, Sinema, or any other conservative (calling them moderates is a joke) drag their feet, or demand changes/deletions/additions to a particular bill, that's ok---"they are fiscally responsible moderates looking out for the best interests of the country." (anyone catch Sinema's recent spreadsheet theatre as reported in this BS account by Axios)

    https://www.axios.com/scoop-sinemas-...4775b0bd3.html

    Of course noone actually knows what's in those spreadsheets, or even if Sinema can read one...

    One thing is certain---she knows how to read a check with her name on it:

    https://www.dailyposter.com/sinema-t...-pharma-group/

    During her career, Sinema has raked in more than $500,000 from donors in the pharmaceutical and health products industries — and she is now the sixth largest Senate Democratic recipient of campaign cash from those industries this election cycle, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets.
    And she's not alone:

    https://www.dailyposter.com/follow-the-pharma-money/

    The three conservative Democratic lawmakers threatening to kill their party’s drug pricing legislation have raked in roughly $1.6 million of campaign cash from donors in the pharmaceutical and health products industries. One of the lawmakers is the House’s single largest recipient of pharmaceutical industry campaign cash this election cycle, and another lawmaker’s immediate past chief of staff is now lobbying for drugmakers.


    BULL...
    Last edited by ReluctantSamurai; 09-30-2021 at 14:24.
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