Is Killing the Build Back Better Act Part of Manchin's Run for President?

[SVPete]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216174908

Autumn (41,081 posts)

Is Killing the Build Back Better Act Part of Manchin's Run for President?

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout

I’ve spent the last several months trying to settle on a straightforward explanation for why Joe Manchin decided to attack, denude and ultimately destroy the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda on the cusp of what already looks to be a brutal midterm season for the Democrats.

Manchin loves his coal, sure, so the clean energy provisions at the core of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) were poison to his own personal fortune. He’s a Democrat from a bright red state, and so must cleave at least somewhat to the economic fictions that sustain the right. Given the large chunk of hell he’s carved out for himself, however, these hardly seem like enough to justify the mayhem he has unleashed within his own party.

…and then it hit me in the middle of the night like an arcing splash of ice water dropped on my bed. I sat bolt upright in the gibbering dark and announced to the startled cat coiled at my feet: “My God! He’s running for president!”

Put yourself in Manchin’s shoes. Your own seat is secure until 2024, so there is no need to run for anything next year. Over the long process of murdering the BBB Act, you raked in millions in campaign “donations” from the energy lobby and other right-leaning interests, which means you’re flush enough to fund a national campaign.

Very good points and I think it's very possible Manchin could run aganst President Biden.
I think he sees it as his duty to stop Progressives and any Progressive agenda.

https://truthout.org/articles/is-killing-the-build-back-better-act-part-of-manchins-run-for-president/?fbclid=IwAR20Ela2ElFnc9pE2DsAsa7r_GtGE2S0dBqnbawZCBzZS65VWGZp5XT_1rg

msongs (62,481 posts)

1. he'll go nowhere as a democrat nt

Don't worry, Manchin isn't WRP-grade stupid.

pecosbob (6,174 posts)

3. If Manchin is EVER our candidate for president I'm moving to Europe.

Well, you could always wait to see what happens in the next 24 business hours, but I don't think Manchinmas is coming your way.

FalloutShelter (8,440 posts)

4. I want what he's smoking.

WRP doesn't share.

  CMD.

[Karin]

tritsofme (14,996 posts)

19. What a terrible, stupid take. Will he launch his campaign in 24 business hours?

What a hack.

They're raking Will over the coals over there and Raven showed up briefly.   

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Is Killing the Build Back Better Act Part of Manchin's Run for President?

You better hope so.

[Mr Mannn]

Manchin would likely win the primary with people knowing he really is a centrist. The last batch they ran was pathetic.