as have to project hope and optimism about what is next, right? we ve gone through months and months of back and forth, sort of holding our breath for manchin, and this is the result. i don t know about you, but it feels akclimacticanticlimactic, that maybe something will happen and than it falls apart over petty issues. democrats have to think there is a possibility fort the bill, otherwise, they look weak for their constituents. it gives joe manchin more power than he really deserves to sort of have. we cannot forget that there are also republicans who are holding up the passage of this bill. so the best thing they can do is focus on what s in the bill that works. think about perhaps longer-term programs, just a fewer longer-term programs they can fund and get on board with. but that has to be the message, otherwise, they re sort of stuck in the mud. just to pick up on that p