Democratic House leaders are reportedly boosting a new candidate for the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) behind closed doors as Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s pick for the slot, grapples with an increasing unlikely path to confirmation.
It sounds like it is time for Tanden to bow out. Biden can find a place for her that does not require Senate confirmation.
With [Manchin]) plus GOP Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) stating that they would vote against Tanden on the basis of her tweets
Collins: I’m super concerned she hasn’t learned her lesson.
Mittens: I would have preferred the President nominate a corporation.
Manchin: Manchin, Manchin. Oh, and Manchin Manchin Manchin. I’m important!
It’s interesting and scary at the same time watching the democrats lose the 2022 midterms in real time. If ever there was a party that simply does NOT know or understand even the slightest how to wield power it is the D’s.
Mean Tweets? Really?
What a fucking joke.
If you don’t have the votes, you don’t have the votes. Simple as that.
Nominate someone else, and Move On.
I know that Tanden is qualified and is clearly the darling of folks on the Biden team, but she can’t be the sharpest knife in the drawer. She should have known that she couldn’t mean tweet. Only Republicans can do that. Time to move on.
The tweets were an unforced error in a 50-50 senate.
Maybe it is time to look for someone who will garner more than 49 votes. It is also time to figure a way to bring Manchin in line.
What’s the excuse the republicans are going to use for Becerra? They don’t seem to want him either.
There is nothing in her resume that makes her look remotely qualified for OMB. In that regard she stood out from the rest of Biden’s nominees who seem extremely qualified. Her nomination was perplexing from the beginning, and Biden should take this exit ramp to find someone qualified as he has done with so many other people.
Annoying as this is, it’s not a hill to die on. I’d rather they just swap out people quietly and not make a big thing out of it as that gives the repubs a greater sense of winning
Yes, irony is not only dead, it has been cremated and had its ashes scattered.
Is that worse than “ mean tweets”?
DO tell me what ‘being rude’ has to do with being OMB Chief? Oh yeah…she’s a woman and a woman of color and OMIGOD she ‘liked’ Hillary…these petty twits SO piss me off…and then they run to FOX and gloat and everyone high fives.
“What’s the excuse the republicans are going to use for Becerra?”
He isn’t beige, and neither is Tanden, Haaland, etc.
And Manchin’s freshly-laundered white hood is showing prominently, too.
Rachel Maddow had a great piece about Manchin, Collins, and others’ support of POS Richard Grennell (whose Tweets were far worse than Tanden’s), Jeff Sessions (an unabashed racist), Bill Barr (a scumbag if there ever was one), etc.
And Manchin is beginning to be brutally called out for his racist hypocrisy:
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-crow-joe-manchin-accused-of-racism-and-misogyny/
Republicans are still the party of white nationalists, even if they don’t say it out loud.
The thing is, these two are in the House, not the Senate. Why are they being cited when they have no vote in the chamber of interest?
House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) described Young as a “proven budget expert” who is “well qualified for the job” in an interview with Axios.
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) told Axios that that the aide “is widely respected by members on both sides of the aisle for her expertise.”
“While I am hopeful for Ms. Tanden’s nomination, I cannot say enough good things about Ms. Young,” he said.
What is it that you think dems can do here? Tie Manchin up and waterboard him until he votes to confirm?
Chuck isn’t as good at counting votes as Nancy.
He should have run Tanden by Manchin before her name even went up.
Ultimately, gloating on Fox is all they have to offer to even their own restricted segment of society.
