out with a piece that says in part caving to manchin s demands will require democrats to sacrifice some worthy parts of their agenda but it s time for them to buck up and do it lest they end up with nothing at all. do democrats have any option here at all, ron brownstein? do they have another option? they do. the demands manchin are making now are fundamentally incompatible. he s basically saying the bill should be held to 1.57 trillion but any programs included in it should be funded over ten years. if you did the child tax credit that about eats up the entire spending he s willing to support at this point. so, yes, clearly they are going to have to make some changes if they are going to get him onboard. but what he is asking for is essentially something that would blow up the entire democratic coalition. and maybe that s why he s asking for it. i mean other democratic senators
even left leaning slate is out with a piece that says in part caving to manchin s demands will require democrats to sacrifice some worthy parts of their agenda but it s time for them to buck up and do it lest they end up with nothing at all. do democrats have any option here at all, ron brownstein? do they have another option? they do. the demands manchin are making now are fundamentally incompatible. he s basically saying the bill should be held to $1.75 trillion but any programs included in it should be funded over ten years. if you did the child tax credit that about eats up the entire spending he s willing to support at this point. so, yes, clearly they are going to have to make some changes if they are going to get him onboard. but what he is asking for is essentially something that would blow up the entire democratic coalition. and maybe that s why he s asking