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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 383: Omicrony Capitalism
xp1337 12/19/21 4:48:20 PM #486:	HeroDelTiempo17 posted... I also don't think Republicans go to bat for him in court if he defects. Why bother when you can easily fill WV's seat with someone more conservative in the next election that doesn't have a corruption scandal? Either way, if the plan is just to wait around twiddling thumbs until the next Senate election anyways what's the harm? They don't have to go to bat for him, he just needs to give his vote to/caucus with McConnell as Majority Leader and Senate control is tipped back to them. You think the GOP will go, "Whoa, wait a minute, we're not going to accept control of the US Senate if it comes from a vote tainted by corruption, perish the thought!" do you lmfao? Then they can have him replaced in a primary or something (but I think the "owned the libs!!!!!" factor would be strong enough to ensure he holds the seat anyway. Manchin is popular in WV. As for "what's the harm?" ...the judiciary? Democrats and the left already lost the Supreme Court and federal judiciary for a generation at least because McConnell stole two years of seats from Obama by refusing to confirm anyone, then had Trump fill those vacancies up so that Biden entered office with the fewest vacancies in over 30 years. We're watching what SCOTUS is doing to Roe, not to even get into lower courts, and your solution is to just let McConnell run that play again, but now for 3 years of Biden's term? The situation sucks but going after Manchin like that is an own-goal of absurd proportions from a "get/protect progressive policy" standpoint. It perhaps satisfies the anger of progressives that he's tanking the agenda but that's all. Long-term, mid-term, hell even short-term it just makes things worse for progressive policy. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? <cite>xp1337 posted [p:961053206] in Politics C... [t:79786697]...</cite> <quote>HeroDelTiempo17 posted... </cite> <quote>I also don't think Republicans go to bat for him in court if he defects. Why bother when you can easily fill WV's seat with someone more conservative in the next election that doesn't have a corruption scandal? Either way, if the plan is just to wait around twiddling thumbs until the next Senate election anyways what's the harm?</quote>They don't have to go to bat for him, he just needs to give his vote to/caucus with McConnell as Majority Leader and Senate control is tipped back to them. You think the GOP will go, "Whoa, wait a minute, we're not going to accept control of the US Senate if it comes from a vote tainted by corruption, perish the thought!" do you lmfao? Then they can have him replaced in a primary or something (but I think the "owned the libs!!!!!" factor would be strong enough to ensure he holds the seat anyway. Manchin is popular in WV. As for "what's the harm?" ...the judiciary? Democrats and the left already lost the Supreme Court and federal judiciary for a generation at least because McConnell stole two years of seats from Obama by refusing to confirm anyone, then had Trump fill those vacancies up so that Biden entered office with the fewest vacancies in over 30 years. We're watching what SCOTUS is doing to Roe, not to even get into lower courts, and your solution is to just let McConnell run that play again, but now for 3 years of Biden's term? The situation sucks but going after Manchin like that is an own-goal of absurd proportions from a "get/protect progressive policy" standpoint. It perhaps satisfies the anger of progressives that he's tanking the agenda but that's all. Long-term, mid-term, hell even short-term it just makes things worse for progressive policy. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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