Behold the fruits of “no matter who.”
No matter who also gave us Manchin’s successor, Fetterman
Its interesting right? In a Machiavellian sense.
The timing just… all came together for Manchin to have played his role, and now Fetterman gets to be "that ‘Democrat’ ".
Maybe the Fetterman one hits a bit closer to home because I don’t think Manchin really ever presented himself as anything other than what he was. Regardless, the useful tool of an “unreliable Democrat” remains firmly in place.
We saw the writing on the wall with the first draft of the House’s 2021 Freedom To Vote bill. It was unlimited campaign contributions on steroids. It made Citizens United look like child’s play and essentially killed off 3rd party ability to findraise and gain ballot access.