The call of principled, permanent minority rule is strong. Once power is definitively out of reach, the temptation to purge the ranks may be irresistible. But we're never going to get another Democratic senator from West Virginia. They should make Manchin Majority Leader instead!https://twitter.com/espiers/status/1433792803646197760 …
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You have to pick a lane, either focus on structural reform of our antimajoritarian institutions, or wage a war on the center-right policies that are our only electoral path to securing those reforms. Or maybe run Bernie again, why not!
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The problem is there's a lot of constituencies around Democratic politics that benefit most from being permanently locked out of power.
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There's worse political outcomes than forgoing the mother of all spending bills to pass the Whatever Joe Manchin Feels Comfortable With Act, and just trying really hard this year to get the world vaccinated.
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