Biden Thread

[ReluctantSamurai]

I'm pretty confident Manchin isn't in this for the donations, not to mention that it's not credible that conservative lobbyists have something to offer him that liberal ones, or the DSCC, or the White House, don't. The likelier scenario is he's a true believer in what he's propounding, the ideology of the status quo.

Couldn't disagree with this more. One has to ask why Manchin is taking his stance on bi-partisanship the way he has.

Either he's just totally ignorant of the facts, which is highly unlikely, or he has his own agenda to pursue, that includes demolishing his own party's chances at continuing to hold executive and congressional power. I choose the latter. When poll after poll show overwhelming popular support, even from Republicans (at times) for much of the legislation being proposed by the Biden Administration (including in his own state of W. Virginia), he continues to bloviate about this notion of bi-partisanship which isn't there.

About conservative lobbyists not having anything to offer? How about this:

https://aninjusticemag.com/senators-...i=86f57dd2c9e8

Syndicated journalist and former top Bernie Sanders advisor David Sirota, along with Andrew Perez and Joel Warner report that after their vote to kill the $15 minimum wage amendment in Biden’s must pass Covid relief bill, the two will join disgraced Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to headline a conference for an anti-Union corporate lobbying group, the National Restaurant Association. A group that just so happens to have been lobbying intensely against a minimum wage increase.

Do you really think that the above mentioned Heritage Action et al, didn't offer up bribes...errr I mean campaign donations, when they made their appearances in West Virginia?

It doesn't hurt that he is now the most-sought and most-valuable Senator in the country

You can't really believe that as a reason? Because his value will greatly diminish if the Dems get swept out of Congress in 2022. He would be furthering his own personal case if he voted for legislation that would enhance the Democrats staying in power, rather than helping the GOP by blocking changes to the filibuster, and voting against important pieces of legislation. If/when the GOP reclaims Congress in 2022, Manchin will be relegated to being just another conservative Democrat in the Senate...just like he was before the 2020 elections.

Nah....in the end, Manchin is just another dirty corporate politician taking millions from lobbyists and business while screwing the people of this country in the process.