"I was very disappointed with Manchin over the filibuster, and over the Inflation Reduction Act, too. The next person who holds that chair will be a lot worse, though."
This is where I don't understand the moderate argument. Neither Manchin nor the person who will be worse will allow the necessary reforms to get us out of this situation. …
"I was very disappointed with Manchin over the filibuster, and over the Inflation Reduction Act, too. The next person who holds that chair will be a lot worse, though."
This is where I don't understand the moderate argument. Neither Manchin nor the person who will be worse will allow the necessary reforms to get us out of this situation. Where is the hope to be found then? We are damned if we do and damned if we don't.
"I just want the government to work the way that I think the Founders intended [...]. I keep hoping that that isn't asking too much."
We are generally the same at that level of abstraction but the real world doesn't operate at that level so it is kind of meaningless. I say that not to be flippant and insulting but to communicate how cynical I am of that level of connection. Still, I understand and respect the sentiment.
Manchin was the best we were ever going to get out of West Virginia, and he WAS willing to work with Biden on a wide range of changes; if Jim Justice will be willing to work with him on anything, I'll be more than pleasantly surprised, I'll be flabbergasted. Anyone who doubts that that there's a big difference between the two is going to see next year.
Good discussion -- thanks. Politics and baseball will always break our hearts; the best we can do with politics is to try to keep it moving more or less in the right direction most of the time. Baseball is already the perfect blend of tragedy and hope, so we should probably stick to reforming politics.
"I was very disappointed with Manchin over the filibuster, and over the Inflation Reduction Act, too. The next person who holds that chair will be a lot worse, though."
This is where I don't understand the moderate argument. Neither Manchin nor the person who will be worse will allow the necessary reforms to get us out of this situation. Where is the hope to be found then? We are damned if we do and damned if we don't.
"I just want the government to work the way that I think the Founders intended [...]. I keep hoping that that isn't asking too much."
We are generally the same at that level of abstraction but the real world doesn't operate at that level so it is kind of meaningless. I say that not to be flippant and insulting but to communicate how cynical I am of that level of connection. Still, I understand and respect the sentiment.
Manchin was the best we were ever going to get out of West Virginia, and he WAS willing to work with Biden on a wide range of changes; if Jim Justice will be willing to work with him on anything, I'll be more than pleasantly surprised, I'll be flabbergasted. Anyone who doubts that that there's a big difference between the two is going to see next year.
Good discussion -- thanks. Politics and baseball will always break our hearts; the best we can do with politics is to try to keep it moving more or less in the right direction most of the time. Baseball is already the perfect blend of tragedy and hope, so we should probably stick to reforming politics.