House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday told CNN that he plans to speak with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) about his vehement opposition to eliminating or weakening the filibuster amid Democrats’ efforts to advance their sweeping voting rights bill.
“I’m going to remind the senator of exactly why the Senate came into being.”
I hope this does not end in tears.
Somebody has to. I appreciate Clyburns leadership. I mean that I appreciate that Clyburn has been green lighted for this bit of theater. I predict Manchin is too afraid to change his obstruction, for fear of losing his seat. The carrot has now been tried. T’would be a shame to use a big stick on Manchin without just one more chance to get it right.
I hope a way to pass HR 1 and S 1 is found. It needs very badly to be done to ensure equal representation, especially with a conservative Supreme Court which is more interested in pushing (Christian) religion then justice.
Hopefully Mr. Clyburn will take Mr. Manchin out behind the outhouse and whup some sense into him – figuratively speaking, of course.
He needs to talk to Sinema as well.
How about schooling the voters of West Virginia? Hold a series of public conversations, two men in comfortable chairs on a high school assembly stage, with a socially distanced and masked audience, and the moderator’s only role to keep the conversation under control but not to pose any questions. Talk about the filibuster and anything else that comes up as a consequence. Local print and TV coverage only.
If anyone could school Manchin, it’s Clyburn.
Teach…
West Virginia contains a whopping 0.53% of the US population.
Seems only fair that their Senator should solely dictate what happens to the remaining 99.47% of the country.
My belief is not to use the word schooling.
Try a little tenderness first.
The best answer to Manchin and the Arizona sulky teenager with the green hair is to elect more Democrats to the Senate. The margin is too thin. Do we have a chance in 2022 to do anything about that?
One wonders whether Manchin and Sinema care about being on the wrong side of history. Unfortunately due to where both of them are from, but particularly WV, being “independent” of a towering figure like Clyburn will earn you stripes.
What length 2x4 would you suggest for tenderizing? 
A whole case of Adolph’s meat tenderizer to start!
I wonder if Manchin or Sinema have talked to the voters in their state on what’s in the legislation?
In WV social distancing and masks = Communism.
You don’t like to get in close?
The filibuster is totally outdated and who needs it when we’ve got what passes for republicans these days.
A little kosher salt and pepper and toss it on the grill with corn on the cobb or a potato.
with a side of asparagus.