Feeling very nervous about Manchin, Sinema, and the debt ceiling these days.

[Girard442]

I hope Biden has a design for that trillion-dollar coin in his pocket, just in case. Yeah, I know, it's not the way any reasonable government would act. We haven't had a reasonable government for a long time.

[Alpeduez21]

1. Repukes want people to feel anxious

For two reasons: it annoys the left and, more importantly, it generates fear which they use to sell their agenda to gullible repuke voters.

[Scrivener7]

2. I liked babylonsister's idea better:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15901769

It's great, don't you think? And I can't imagine why it wouldn't work.

[Girard442]

3. Could work, but it assumes Manchin&Sinema's objections are about the price tag.

I worry about a much darker agenda.

I mean, when you see a guy in the parking lot skulking around acting like he's planning to brain you with a lead pipe and steal your car, don't dismiss out of hand that maybe he is planning to brain you and steal your car.

[JohnSJ]

4. The debt ceiling the ball will be kicked down to December

[doc03]

5. Just a couple years ago I heard Manchin on TV

talking about how disappointed he is with being Senator. He said just nothing gets done because of partisan bickering. When there was a Republican president he was complaining that he couldn't make a difference because of partisan politics. Now we have a Democrat in the WH and he has a chance of getting something done he is stopping everything. I think that tells you all you need to know about Manchin.

[XanaDUer2]

6. Me too nt

[OnDoutside]

7. It explains the push to split the original infrastructure bill into two, they

planned this bushwhack all along.