Enablers

Manchin goes on Fox and says "lol I was full of shit the whole time" and then his people release some bullshit about a DEAL he totally would have supported totally he promises and it was TOTES reasonable but people were mean to him. Centrist dipshits:

After all we've been through, do you really, truly think there's a tangible deal to take here? Regardless of whatever's on a piece of paper?
We can all stop playing dumb any time. https://t.co/xED1M8kbJg

— David Dayen (@ddayen) December 20, 2021

There's also a second "maybe Mitt Romnney will support something!" plotline.

And they say The Left is full of unreasonable dreams and magical thinking.