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Nazarré Merchant's avatar

One thing I haven't seen discussed anywhere is the actual pressure being put on Manchin & Sinema by the WH and Dem leadership. Have they given up? What did they attempt? It's not hard to envision a campaign of, effectively, harassment by senior leadership of M&S to get them to yield (endless series of late-night phone calls, organized protests outside of their houses, threats of cuts to their states, coupled with the offer of billions if they say yes). While a bit of a fantasy that Dem leaders would do this, why is it not being discussed? (Other fantastical topics regularly find themselves taken seriously in editorial columns, cf. bipartisanship.)

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P.S.B's avatar

I think the best hope for Dem's is that Trump goes away somehow (gets indicted, too sick, or too mentally incapacitated) and there are no Republicans with the right charisma to capture enough of Trump's constituency to make cheating a viable option. They would still likely control Congress so "hope" here means avoiding the worst case scenario

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