The highest polling Democrat Senator
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Care to guess?
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Perhaps it’s time to kick Joe Manchin out of the Democratic party
Robert Reich
So after almost two years of appearing to run the entire government, Democrats have accomplished almost nothing of what they came to Washington to do.
America is burning and flooding but Democrats won’t enact climate measures.
Voting rights and reproductive rights are being pulverized but Democrats won’t protect them.
Gun violence is out of control but Democrats come up with a miniature response.
Billionaires and big corporations are siphoning off more national wealth and income than in living memory and paying a lower tax rate (often zero), but Democrats won’t raise taxes on big corporations and the wealthy.
Which means that in November’s midterm elections, Democrats will have to go back to voters and say: “We promised a lot but we delivered squat, so please vote for us again.”
This does not strike me as a compelling message.
By kicking Manchin out of the party, Democrats could at least go into the midterms with a more realistic pitch: “It looked like we had control of the Senate, but we didn’t. Now that you know who the real Democrats are, give us the power and we will get it done.”
Maybe this way they’ll pick up more real Democratic senators, and do it.
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Fine.
(Former) Secretary Reich, let me introduce you to Majority Leader McConnel.
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Manchin, politically, is fairly close to the Bill Clinton of the 90's.
Yet, he's a radical, out of step with his party in 2022.
