"She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids," he says
      • Pegajace@lemmy.worldEnglish
        78·
        3 months ago

        Not even. He officially left the Dems and registered as independent earlier this year.

            • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
              5·
              3 months ago

              Fetterman is bad on Israel-Palestine but I thought he was otherwise ok re: democracy, women’s rights, etc? Am I wrong? He’s not my rep so I’m actually asking.

              • MagicShel@programming.dev
                4·
                3 months ago

                He always struck me as a guy who is who he is. He would fail any ideology test because he goes by his gut rather than any ideological compass. I think he felt his supporters were being a bit mercurial for opposing him so vehemently on Israel. Not really an excuse, but I think he just lost his shit and lost his way. So probably a decent guy but he has to do a lot of work to repair that bridge and I have no idea if he’s up to it.

                But I could be wrong.

          • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            141·
            3 months ago

            Gabbard and Sinema are people that can be replaced with other democrats, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking a more progressive person would likely get elected for Manchin’s West Virginia seat.

            Manchin may suck, but he caucuses with the dems and puts the dems 2 seats over the majority line. Which means his existence currently allows the Chuck Schumer to replace Mitch McConnell, which means the dems control what comes to the floor in the senate.

            • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
              5·
              3 months ago

              They just can’t pass anything. But yeah, it is still better than what the other side would bring to the floor.

              • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                Don’t forget executive appointments. A GOP can block the appointment of normal judges and can fast track weirdos if someone like Trump is in office.

                It’s more than passing laws.

            • Billiam@lemmy.world
              1·
              3 months ago

              On the one hand, this matters because it allows the Senate to actually approve qualified judges to the federal bench, instead of the insane ideologues the GOP puts there.

              On the other hand, all the federal judges in the world mean very little when SCOTUS is as thoroughly corrupt and extreme-right as it is, and has no issue overturning whatever cases they want to achieve the decision they’ve already arrived at.

              On the other other hand, Manchin got to obstruct otherwise-popular legislation from either passing, or even being brought up for a vote merely by threatening to vote against it.

              On the whole we’re definitely better than we were before Biden took office, but I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on Manchin. The successes of the Biden administration are despite Manchin, not because of him.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 months ago

          Then re-registered as a Dem when Biden was about to drop out. Then re-re-registered as an Indie when he realized he wasn’t going to get handed to nomination over Harris.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        Honestly, I’ll take it.

        Dude could be a Home Depot Halloween skeleton for all I care. He caucuses with the Dems, which means that he helps push the Dems over 50% in the senate, which means the Dems control political appointments and what get brought to the floor.

        I’ll take him over Mitch McConnell back in power.

  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
    871·
    3 months ago

    The fact that Biden called for this exact same thing and Manchin was ok endorsing him but has to make a big scene when a non-white woman calls for doing the same thing basically tells you everything you need to know about Manchin

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 months ago

      This pearl clutching very much reads to me like he was looking for an excuse and this was the first one that turned up.

    • realcaseyrollinsOPEnglish
      1354·
      3 months ago

      I think there are more differences between Kamala and Joe besides melanin levels and genitalia structure but okay I guess

      Edit: Oh, I guess Kamala really is Biden in an Indian-African-American woman’s body after all, nvm

  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    3 months ago

    Why not just make the filibuster what it used to be and require the people who want to wield it to hold the floor for hours upon hours with no break? Some of it was silly. Some of it heroic. Either way, it required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs and, thus, was used much less often.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      I also liked the idea of a minority vote (2/5) to sustain a filibuster. If you don’t have 40 supporters, on the floor, then the filibuster ends.

    • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 months ago

      it required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs

      Conservatives don’t typically have these, and the ones that do know how unpopular they are. That’s why they fight against any attempt to reign it in.

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 months ago

      This seems like such a fair way to add some discomfort to filibustering and making it a bit less appealing.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
    301·
    3 months ago

    Republicans can endorse Harris all day long and I’m here for it.

    Manchin endorsing Harris would have actually done her a disservice.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    3 months ago

    Can someone kick this guy in the nuts? I don’t really care about this news, I just think that should happen to him, every day.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    24·
    3 months ago

    Manchin was not going to endorse her anyway.

    It’s 42 days to the election, people are voting, if he was going to endorse her it would have been at the convention.

  • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    3 months ago

    I’d seen the quote, but not the withholding of endorsement. Well, I guess he’s going to join the ‘both sides bad’ crowd.

    Still. What does his opinion matter? He’s leaving the Senate next year so his proper alt-Right replacement can take over…