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Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
Quote:Sen. Joe Manchin’s humiliation was brought to completion on Tuesday after his Democrat-negotiated permitting reform deal officially fell through.
Per RedState’s previous reporting, Manchin stabbed Republicans in the back during the summer, waiting until the CHIPS Act passed before doing an about-face on a big-spending reconciliation bill full of “climate change” payoffs. The West Virginia senator had supposedly struck a deal whereby he would pass the falsely named Inflation Reduction Act in exchange for Democrat support for permitting reform for oil and gas projects.
As I wrote at the time the deal was announced, Manchin was playing with fire by trusting his own anti-energy party to follow through.
But what really puts the cherry on top of this pitiful performance by Manchin is that he’s unlikely to even get any of what he’s demanding. House Democrats can easily scuttle the entire thing and likely will. That outline is a best-case scenario, and even then, it delivers almost nothing of substance.
Sure enough, Manchin does not have the votes, and while some of that is because Republicans aren’t going along to get along after being betrayed, the rest of the opposition to sink the measure is coming from inside the house.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer officially pulled the plug in response to the situation.
For the life of me, I still can’t figure out what Manchin thought he was doing here. He made a deal with Democrats to pass a bill that every Republican opposed. He then turned around and thought that he could lobby those same Republicans to support permitting reform, which is what Manchin supposedly received in exchange for his vote for reconciliation. But that payoff was negotiated by Democrats and was supposed to be delivered by Democrats.
The whole thing is just laughably naive, and the math never made any sense at all. Why would the GOP ever consider rewarding Manchin by helping to uphold a deal he made with Democrats in order to pass a boondoggle spending bill no Republican wanted? Never mind that the reconciliation bill was terrible policy that did nothing to help with inflation.
Perhaps Manchin really had become that arrogant as the crucial swing vote over the last several years, believing himself to have more sway than he has. Whatever the reasoning, he’s learning the hard way that Republicans may be suckers, but even they have limits to how much they are willing to get played.
It’s astonishing when you think about it. Manchin nuked his political career for a crappy reconciliation bill in exchange for a false promise from his own party members. All the while, the same people on the left that hated him before still hate him. He gained absolutely nothing from his move and lost everything. I suppose there’s some poetic justice in that.
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stinkfist
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
been addressed … buh bye other sloe ginned…
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09-28-2022 12:29 PM |
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
Well done d*ckhead.
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
IF he is really insulted and humiliated, and wants to be vindictive he could always get them back and be a hero in WV by switching parties.
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09-29-2022 04:21 AM |
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stinkfist
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
(09-29-2022 04:21 AM)TomorrowHerd Wrote: IF he is really insulted and humiliated, and wants to be vindictive he could always get them back and be a hero in WV by switching parties.
he should've done that back in '21 ... he's in no-man's-landia now...
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09-29-2022 07:20 AM |
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
I mean.. He's part of the party.. He knows they don't negotiate on anything and do what they want.
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09-29-2022 10:22 AM |
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
(09-29-2022 07:20 AM)stinkfist Wrote: (09-29-2022 04:21 AM)TomorrowHerd Wrote: IF he is really insulted and humiliated, and wants to be vindictive he could always get them back and be a hero in WV by switching parties.
he should've done that back in '21 ... he's in no-man's-landia now...
Agreed, but I don't know if WV would want a Republican senator, though conventional wisdom indicates that they should. (I know, I know. They typically vote Republican for President, but for whatever reason, go the other way in terms of Congress, in particularly, the Senate. I blame Robert Byrd for that.)
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2022 11:44 AM by GeminiCoog.)
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
He had all that leverage and got nothing in return
What a waste of the kingmaker slot he held for the last 2 years
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09-29-2022 02:07 PM |
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RE: Joe Manchin's Humiliation Is Complete After Deal Falls Through
never trust a traitor. he was a traitor to the dems and the gop thought they could count on him
only an idiot couldnt see this coming
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09-29-2022 02:10 PM |
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