Manchin Suggests He’s Good With The Dems’ ‘Tandem’ Approach On Infrastructure | Talking Points Memo

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) dropped a few hints on Tuesday morning about his thinking on the infrastructure deal. 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1379318
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Ok, time for any out-going GOP Senators to finally grow a spine and work for the good of the country, not the GQP.

Yeah, I know, unpossible…

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demonstrably impossible it both saddens and sickens me

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Again, I’ll believe Manchin when his vote is cast.

Not before.

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The GOP this session has been a study in political miscalculation–the 1/6 Commission and this whole infrastructure thing being the most recent examples.

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They all deserve nice participation awards for self-cancel.

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Manchin has tasted his power and his ego is enjoying it a bit too much…

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MajoriTy rule is destroYing thiS countrY.

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And enrages too, though I’m struggling mightily to hold that instinct in check.

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Just waiting on Sinema and Tester.

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“We know the Republicans are not going to go to the human infrastructure because of the adjustments to the tax code they get off on human suffering.”

Fixed.

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Completely OT but did her parents name her after a type of porn flick?

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This is the most encouraging thing I’ve heard from Manchin this term, as I was more concerned he’d send another blaring op-ed FU up the flag pole. This is as close to an endorsement for using reconciliation we’ll get from him.

I firmly believe the faux outrage of Republicans this past week really has an audience of two — Manchin and Sinema. If they stay the course with typical horse trading with other Dems on the details of the bill, I’ll applaud them both.

That last sentence begins with “if,” but I am hopeful.

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I think you misspelled MinoriTy

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Most encouraging thing since he announced his support and voted for the 1.9 Trillion emergency spending earlier this year.

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There will be so many goodies for WV in the human infrastructure package Robert Byrd would be shocked.

ETA. Arizona will only get new voting machines for Maricopa County.

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This is how it was always gonna go down. There should’ve never been any doubt that Manchin would get to “yes” one way or another on a bill that so greatly benefits his state.

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Out of curiousity, what has he not been consistent and truthful on? He’s not a policy detail guy, and loves to show how he is a bipartisan marginalist so he has created some small scale fireworks during crunch time.

But he’s been clear about what he wants, and Biden and Schumer have worked to get him (and other red state/purple state senators) the Bipartisan cover they crave.

He’s voted for almost all the Democrat bills, almost all of Biden’s nominations and expressed support in the abstract for most of Biden’s economic policy proposals.

Truth be told, the bipartisan bill is great. It’s being funded through a bunch of gimmicks that are really just deficit spending. Building infrastructure with debt is a fine thing to do. That allows more spending for the human capital side of the equation which will likely require difficult tax increases to pay for.

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Why does Manchin have to “suggest” this? Why the constant speculation on whether or not this will be a tandem process? Hasn’t this been settled? Did Manchin and Sinema give their word? Is their word good? At what point is this process no longer fluid?