Martin Longman is not one of the "Do Something" caucus or the "Bully Pulpit" cult. He understands that there is literally no lever that Biden can pull to make Joe Manchin or Krysten Sinema stop being a fucking prat and get with the program. His meetings with them today are therefore crucial to the fate of his legislative agenda.
If he can move this two drama llamas to stop begging for attention and to abandon outdated ideas of thinking about both the filibuster and the deficit, his agenda has a chance of becoming a reality. If not? The transformative opportunity that we have is lost until...who knows. The Senate map isn't terrible for Dems and the California recall suggests that Democrats are as or more motivated than Republicans in off-year elections. The House, however, could be a heavy lift. One thing that might save the day is if NY Democrats play the same game as the Republicans and gerrymander NY. I don't like gerrymandering, but I hate playing checkers while the other side if playing global nuclear war.
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