The Democrats' Manchin problem

 Power Line:

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Yesterday’s development, reported by the Wall Street Journal, was Sen. Joe Manchin’s statement that he won’t vote for a reconciliation bill until there’s a vote on the infrastructure bill. Manchin declared:

The political games [the Democratic left is playing] have to stop. It is time to vote on the [infrastructure] bill—up or down—and then go home and explain to your constituents the decision you made.

Manchin also directed pointed remarks at the way Democrats are writing their reconciliation bill. He said: “As more of the real details outlined in the basic framework are released, what I see are shell games, budget gimmicks, that makes the real cost of the so-called 1.75 trillion dollar bill estimated to be almost twice that amount” unless the programs in the legislation are phased out.

This, Manchin stated, “is a recipe for economic crisis.” He added, “none of us should ever misrepresent to the American people what the real cost of legislation is.”

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Manchin seems like a lonely voice of sanity in the Democrat party trying to save it from suicidal liberalism.