Biden Thread

[ReluctantSamurai]

I mean, that's a pretty typical story in American politics (and beyond). Not even FDR or LBJ could puppeteer their copartisans, and they had a lot more slack to work with.

LBJ did a pretty good job of arm-twisting to get his Civil Rights Bill passed, no?

FDR was trying to pull off a "Roosevelt Purge", as characterised by media at the time. That's not what's being advocated here...

...Manchin et al. - get publicly shamed, it wouldn't get any money moving to your nonretired friends

If money ever moves to my nonretired friends in the form of increased wages, I doubt it will be $15/hr. Of course anything above the current rate is "better", but I don't need to point out to you that in many states, even $15/hr won't be keeping up with the cost of living. Manchin is like the proverbial petulant child...if you keep cow-towing to their belligerent behavior, they keep pushing the limits of what they think they can get away with.