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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
GGG's point was they make the bills smaller and more specific so the Democrats would be able to beat the Republicans over the head with their stalling tactics come election time. It is much easier to remove dissention when you make issue specific bills and force each of the parties to make a statement on that specific issue. This is what the Dems should be doing, but instead they craft monster omnibus bills that easy to shoot down because of their complexity.
As far as primarying Manchin, who cares if the seat goes red? It's basically red right now. Make an example of seat that is not working for you and you were never expecting to win anyways.
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The party doesn't "primary" candidates. It's populist movements like the Tea Party that can mobilize support for a challenger in low turn out primary elections. I don't know what grass roots Democrat group could organize a challenge to Manchin.
I agree with putting an end to these massive bills though. These bills are terrible marketing as well and I'm not sure they'd win Biden and the Democrats a whole lot of support if they did pass. They mostly just seem crazy expensive and people don't even have a good idea of what's in them or how it will personally help them.