of a larger bill on so-called human infrastructure. child care, affordable housing, healthcare, and climate change, which would be passed with only democratic support by reconciliation. two sessions today. one for progressives in the house who won t vote for the first without the second. the other for moderates, some of whom aren t even sure about the second at all. just moments ago, progressive leader congresswoman pramila jayapal reiterated her faction s position and west virginia senator joe manchin restated his resistance to quick action on the reconciliation bill and to keep provisions in it. so the impasse is still there even if both sides are using words like constructive and even productive to describe the talks. perspective now from cnn contributor evan osnos, joe biden biographer and author of wildland. also, cnn senior political commentator and former senior obama adviser, david axelrod. ax, a lot on the table for president biden today. how much political capital does he h
family. a family divided. at issue, the timing of a vote on the already-hammered-out bipartisan bill on so-called hard infrastructure. and the contents and price tag of a larger bill on so-called human infrastructure. childcare, affordable housing, healthcare, and climate change, which would be passed with only democratic support by reconciliation. two sessions today. one for progressives in the house who won t vote for the first without the second. the other, for moderates, some of whom aren t even sure about the second at all. just moments ago, progressive leader congresswoman pramila jayapal reiterated her faction s position and west virginia senator joe manchin restated his resistance to quick action on the reconciliation bill and to keep provisions in it. so, the impasse is still there even if both sides are using words like constructive and even productive to describe the talks. perspective now from cnn contributor, everan osnos, joe biden biographer and author of wildland. als
versus a revolution. and i think the people who are invested in joe biden are worried that he actually needs to come out and be confident and not look scared and maybe he s not quite ready. i think rev is right. julian castro and booker had great nights. they have to come out swinging. bill de blasio is the most annoying person on the debate stage of all time. he is going to start screaming. and biden does have to be ready from all of that and maybe a surprise from someone else. but he has to show some confidence that he really lacked the first time and it very much spooked a lot of people that he doesn t really have i don t know if he s going to fight the progressive argument, but just if you re going to be the electable one, be the electable one. don t look spooked. i would say on the first night real quick, it s going to be really interesting to see if warren is able to distinguish herself fra bernie sanders. say i m not the socialist, i am a capitalist. this is a big opportunit
start screaming. biden has to be ready for all of that and maybe a surprise from someone else. but i has to show confidence he lacked the first time and it very much spooked a lot of people that he doesn t really have i don t know if he s going to fight the progressive argument but this if you re going to be the electable one, be the electable one. don t looked spooks. i will say on the fif night it will be interest to see if warren is able to distinguish herself from bernie sanders saying i m not the socialist, i m a capital it. this is a big opportunity for her. how do you deal with the progressive leader? do you allow the progressive leader to be the nonsocialist? you will have several internal battles between the first and second night over who leads what silo in the democratic party. a lot of that will governor behavior. i have been on that stage in 2004. and a lot of times you re playing to the home crowd and the audience at the same time. when become back, democrats
people are inclined to put a ideological lens on these hinges. forgetting the current president doesn t have an ideology. it s not a matter of finding his ideological opposite. although it s important to have more progressive leader than we have now right now. it s also somebody who can deliver a different style of leadership than we have. and that stuff matters. i mentioned at the top that you raised quite a bit of money, almost $25 million in a quarter which was phenomenal. in this book you you were talking about youis race for state treasurer of indiana opinion. and you have to wonder about fund raising like typing or sunbathing it does something unhealthy to you in the long run. you ve done 70 fund raise he is in pleases like hollywood, silicon valley, wall street. you ve been a favored candidate of the elite. does it give you any concern. well we are trying to leech everybody at every level. in addition to the traditional political work we do we have a