3726

And game.

3727

69-30.

Nice.

3728

And now we proceed to the second track!

3729

How is Ben Sasse considered a 2024 presidential contender? Under what party? The GOP hates him.

3730

Heā€™s working on that.

3731

Sasse went against Trump, he will never have a place in the GOP again.

Sasseā€™s only chance would be the creation of some new party.

3732

I remember coming across CSPAN while flipping channels back when it first aired. I think I was 8. After watching for a bit out of curiosity I remember thinking something like ā€œwow! I hope Iā€™m never so old that I find this entertainingā€ before switching to the next channel to find cartoons to watch.

Now here I am.

3733

Nebraska is hilarious right now, because Pete Ricketts wants to be a 2024 player as well now. So weā€™ve got a Trumpist Republican (Ricketts) and a non-Trumpist Republican (Sasse) both jockeying for national attention on different sides of the Trump divide. I donā€™t think either has a chance, but itā€™s going to be fun to watch how ugly the local Republican fight between the two camps gets.

3734

Yeah, to be clear, I donā€™t think Sasse has a chance in hell, at least not in the landscape as it sits in 2021. But heā€™s clearly gambling that things could shift in the next 12-16 months. And whatever his prospects are, I can assure Timex that he remains very much front of mind amongst his own staff for a run in 2024, and is doing what he needs to to try this ā€œNot a Trumper, but still your loyal conservative who would never dream of working with Democrats on anything.ā€

Basically, heā€™s looking at trying to be McConnell 2.0

3735

I think the path that Schumer wants to walk the reconciliation senate infrastructure bill in is to keep active debate going on stuff that will make the leftish side of the House happy so that Pelosi can have that assistance.

3736

Have to think Cuomoā€™s timing was absolutely a middle finger aimed squarely at the President for urging him to resign. (Now go away Andrew. One way or another.)

3737

All 50 Democrats are on board taking the reconciliation bill to debate. :)

(Which, Iā€™m sure Chuck Schumer knew he had all 50 members of his caucus present today when he called that vote to proceed.)

3738

Cuomo also took aim at Schumer. Even FOX News called that out as desparate and dispicable.

Cuomo just resigned too.

3739

Good.

3740

I was mocking and skeptical of @Strollenā€™s view that a bipartisan infrastructure bill would pass, and I turned out to be wrong. I still donā€™t understand the Senate GOP.

This is not a big bill, but $500 billion in new spending and locking in another $500 billion in projected spending is not bupkis. This is a reasonable step forward, and if the big reconciliation package fails, then at least we have this. Better than nothing; better than I was expecting.

As to the reconciliation package, I think the odds of the full $3.5 Trillion going through are near zero but I also think probably something will pass, just not sure how reduced it will be. That all comes down to Manchin and Sinema. They could kill it outright or just starve it down, not sure how that will play.

3741

Iā€™m a little hazy on the House Progressivesā€™ position right now. Are they planning on voting ā€œNoā€ on the bipartisan bill unless the reconciliation bill passes? Or does it just have to be in the planning stages?

3742

There is no way under the political sun that House Democrats wonā€™t pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Not going to happen.

3743

What Scott said.

But Chuckā€™s likely to make sure no ponies are put back in the stable until Nancy tells him theyā€™re good to go. Which they likely already are, but sheā€™ll still be sounding out members of her caucus anyway.

3744

If they can get it through at 2T, that might be as good as it gets.

3745

(Another tweet mentions that he did call McConnell to thank him.)