Yes! I continue to harp on my theme of the last couple of weeks that in this case (though certainly not always), the progressives are being rational, and the moderates (Sinema and Gottheimer, but NOT Manchin, who is being constructive) are being childish and I believe are likely to torpedo BBB if the infrastructure bill gets passed firs…
Yes! I continue to harp on my theme of the last couple of weeks that in this case (though certainly not always), the progressives are being rational, and the moderates (Sinema and Gottheimer, but NOT Manchin, who is being constructive) are being childish and I believe are likely to torpedo BBB if the infrastructure bill gets passed first. And I think that it would be good for the Coalition of the Decent if that fact got reflected in more of the commentary.
BTW -- w/r/t the progressives, I agree that two of the four members of the Squad are a bit nuts (though less nuts than Boebert and Greene), but the other two Squaddies, and Jayapal, Porter, and many others, are super solid and motivated to do well by their constituents and the country, even if their policies are not fully to my liking.
Yes! I continue to harp on my theme of the last couple of weeks that in this case (though certainly not always), the progressives are being rational, and the moderates (Sinema and Gottheimer, but NOT Manchin, who is being constructive) are being childish and I believe are likely to torpedo BBB if the infrastructure bill gets passed first. And I think that it would be good for the Coalition of the Decent if that fact got reflected in more of the commentary.
BTW -- w/r/t the progressives, I agree that two of the four members of the Squad are a bit nuts (though less nuts than Boebert and Greene), but the other two Squaddies, and Jayapal, Porter, and many others, are super solid and motivated to do well by their constituents and the country, even if their policies are not fully to my liking.