the bully pulpit is the magic green lantern ring to Bragman and his confused cohort. nothing works like that. Manchin doesn't care if Biden denounces him. in fact, he probably mostly thinks it helps him with his voters.https://twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1364070323226873858 …
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Replying to @nberlat
I don't know. I think there's plenty of ways to make Manchin's life hell if you're so inclined. Hell, the fact that he's basically Democrat Satan ought to be a talking point for the whole party.
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there isn't though. he likes to be seen as independent, so Dem leadership yelling at him is pretty much what he wants. and if eh really gets pissed he can switch parties, and then Ds have even less ability to pass their agenda.
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Replying to @nberlat @Nymphomachy
it's frustrating, but there really isn't much they can do. if we'd won NC and ME, things would be a lot different. but we didn't and they aren't.
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I think, given the urgency of the situation, there's plenty of options available, they're just not the kind Biden personally finds palatable.
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like what? you can't force him to vote at gunpoint, I don't think. not sure what other options there are.
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He's a Senator in the first place because West Virginia is extremely conservative The reason he's there is he has a certain reputation for baseline competence and professional experience that the WV GOP roster lacks If you forced him out you'd just get a Republican
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Primarying him from the left HAS BEEN TRIED and has failed miserably The just-so story people like Matt Stoller like to tell that WVians are just turned off by big-city wokeness and we haven't tried running a real old school union guy is bullshit
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The Justice Dems had their shot with Swearengin in 2018 and she got like 30% of the vote
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I mean I find abhorrent that we're pretending that fucking West Virginians are needed in order to make the world a less shitty place to begin with. I can think of maybe a billion better uses of one's time than trying to get their help to pass any reform.
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It's hard to get the massive constitutional changes it'd take to make this no longer the case within the existing process at all (the Senate cannot be abolished by constitutional amendment) And going outside the process probably involves a fair amount of chaos and violence
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Theoretically, we could give each state zero senators, then create a third chamber that’s apportioned sanely, and move the Senate’s responsibilities there. The Senate itself would have to approve the proposed amendment, though.
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