05-12-2022, 07:12 PM
(05-12-2022, 07:05 PM)hollodero Wrote: I mainly caught that from Manchin himself, who quite clearly stated that he'd vote for a codification of Roe, but nor for this bill. Apparently the two Republicans said similar things.
"It wipes 500 state laws off the books" is what Manchin said. I did not fact-check that, for sure.
--- In general, I would have expected the Democrats to take their best shot. This does not have the appearance of being a best shot.
I literally watched Manchin's interview after posting that, good on you for spotting it as well. It really shoots holes in the Dem claim to want to codify Roe. As you say, they chose to play politics with this issue instead of trying to get Roe codified. Warren was disingenuous in the extreme afterwards, claiming that the minority was blocking the majority and that means the filibuster has to go. Whatever you think of the filibuster, last I looked 51 was a bigger number than 49. I honestly think this was a deliberate fail on their part to try and make this a mid-term issue. It will be regardless, but not nearly the one they're hoping for. Inflation is rampant, gas prices are at record levels, as noted in another thread people can't even feed their babies. Whether it's fair to blame the Dems for this or not, they're in charge (as Biden said) and they're going to get the blame regardless.
