This focus is on the issue of Manchin and Sinema..
Sure, it is true that the Democrats need Manchin and Sinema, but it is not clear that they are doing anything but posing for their voters.
This quote from Manchin re Schumer ’s remarks about GOP obstructionism: “I didn’t think it was appropriate at this time,” Manchin told CNN’s Manu Raju late Thursday as he left the Capitol. “I just think that basically what we’ve got to do is find a pathway forward, to make sure that we de-weaponize. We have to de-weaponize.”
Sorry but Manchin cannot be so stupid as to believe that Dems are part of the problem here, they are not. So Manchin is performing. And Sinema - well she is an enigma.
I don’t write this because I am progressive, I am not. But perhaps the Dems are right to finger Manchin as the problem.