re: #7 EPR-radar
Manchin has some nice sounding theories about how the filibuster is a good thing.
All these theories are ruined by the ugly fact that dealing with Republicans is impossible.
But see, that’s apparently the Dems’ fault for not trying hard enough, I guess? After all, Dems are responsible for everything, ipso facto they must be to blame for Republicans being an unassailable, unmoving monolith, and Dems being less than a similar unmoving monolith. Because reasons. And because fuck you, only Republicans deserve to have a say in this country, because Real America.