Maybe he should throw Manchin into the kite-eating tree. What he really needs to do is start acting like LBJ and have a closed door one-on-one meeting with Manchin where he spells out how he will spend the next 3 years making sure W Virginia doesn’t get any special projects and funding if he doesn’t back the F down and start supporting the tentpole bills of his party. Carrots can work but it helps when there is a real stick behind it. Enough of the wishy-washy “can’t we all be friends” garbage and start showing some steel in your spine. If the Voting rights bill is as big a deal as you say, then fight for the damned thing. Same with Build Back Better.
Maybe he should throw Manchin into the kite-eating tree. What he really needs to do is start acting like LBJ and have a closed door one-on-one meeting with Manchin where he spells out how he will spend the next 3 years making sure W Virginia doesn’t get any special projects and funding if he doesn’t back the F down and start supporting the tentpole bills of his party. Carrots can work but it helps when there is a real stick behind it. Enough of the wishy-washy “can’t we all be friends” garbage and start showing some steel in your spine. If the Voting rights bill is as big a deal as you say, then fight for the damned thing. Same with Build Back Better.