Was there huge voter demand for a $3.5T “soft” infra bill? No. As @MrWalterShapiro notes, Dem pols are pushing it because they think they’ll lose Congress and it’s their last chance to tap into the Treasury…sorry, “fund liberal priorities for a decade” https://t.co/IkK4WqAEmD https://t.co/DH7FYur8GD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 05:27PM
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“Voters crave explanations—and right now the Democrats, from Biden on down, are doing a mediocre job explaining an overarching vision for what they hope to accomplish with the 13-digit reconciliation bill.” https://t.co/IkK4WqAEmD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:19PM
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Note this poll was taken Sept 13-19, so it probably doesn’t reflect the deportations to Haiti, which started on the 19th — even if it’s the Haitians who are highlighted in WaPo’s account of disaffected black leaders: https://t.co/7UoD2ospTm https://t.co/VFekZPXwUM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:06PM
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Of course, statements against interest are always more credible. This case no exception. https://t.co/BNYFCeEBx4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:33PM
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This FT scoop deserves way more attention than it’s gotten. Proposed Wuhan “gain of function” research seems very irresponsible: Aerosols, chimeric spike protiens, MERS, etc. DARPA turned them down, but what happened next? https://t.co/SbP0vDLEpp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:03PM
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Slatepitch to end all @Slatepitches would be ‘@FranklinFoer was right the first time about Alfa Bank, dammit.’ https://t.co/NBoPqhAoRa via @slate
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:50PM
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Seems to me if they just pass the one, smaller bipartisan bill, Biden’s fine. He wasn’t elected to enact a bloated, allegedly ‘transformational’ spend-a-thon nobody outside of Dem establishment is inspired by. (“BBB”?) He was elected to not be Trump and get some things done. https://t.co/ZqNXYLumlY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:40PM
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One reason Glasser’s more down on Biden than I am is this: “The difficult truth is that, should Congress fail to pass Biden’s bills this fall, it would, in fact, be the kind of political blow that few new Presidents can recover from.” Huh? If they don’t pass BOTH bills he’s done? https://t.co/XU2Y4pHgxg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:35PM
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“It’s Too Early to Consign Joe Biden to the Ash Heap of History” That will come as a relief to Biden. @sbg1 is his biggest defender! I didn’t realize MSM Dem establishment was that worried. (See also Axios- “President Biden bit off too much, too fast”) https://t.co/5XLBIrraqM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:22PM
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So, a gigantic exercise in Make-Believe to pretend the reconciliation bill is nearing passage, so enough progressives will vote for the bipartisan bill to pass it (after which it may take its time getting signed?). OK! But once it’s passed, don’t moderates have big leverage? https://t.co/0CSKjLLVLM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:03PM
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RealClear piece on Jake Sullivan’s potential exposure more interesting than expected … https://t.co/jmfJDAtF22
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 11:57AM
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Is Biden’s $3.5 T plan studded with creative, supply-boosting innovations as @econjared and @ezraklein imply https://t.co/M0K4b5MBEQ or does it mostly just pump trillions into the same, often ineffective channels? Michael Strain says the latter: https://t.co/OodzDelfik
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:46AM
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Guy who first used this example with me was…Joe Torrenueva, the stylist who gave John Edwards his $400 haircuts. Except he was a lot cheaper then. And he had 9 people working & 1 on welfare (not “demanding”). He was *exactly* the person you’d want cutting John Edwards’ hair. https://t.co/mTG97nB2yV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:02AM
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Recall vote up to 37.5% Will it hit 39%? Doesn’t look like it, but check back. 93% counted, according to NBC https://t.co/yY0t1IBaFq
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Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:17AM
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Maybe Sinema wasn’t kidding–hence the mad rush now https://t.co/dT0dqxLCTv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:02AM
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Wait. Didn’t Pelosi promise to pre-conference the reconciliation bill with the Senate? Is she really going to get Manchin & Sinema and the other 48 to sign off on something by next week? https://t.co/vTyTVNKncQ https://t.co/vzs7wlv4fP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 11:56PM
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Wait! Maybe *Pelosi* could sit on the bill (after it passes) herself, Horton style. https://t.co/caHYjI40hA She meant what she said and she said what she meant! https://t.co/Re98uhAKuI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 11:41PM
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**Crazy thought: Maybe Biden meant it when he said he wouldn’t sign bipartisan bill without the partisan bill. https://t.co/A2dUfZR1lG But he can only sit on it if for so long, right? https://t.co/feNOqSLIWA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 11:24PM
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The Senate-passed bill is a real bill. Vote for it and it’s law (once Biden signs)**
The reconciliation bill is … what? Not final bill. Has to repass House later? Cleared with Manchin/Sinema? Schrodinger’s bill.
Seems like the progs lose on this bit of Kabuki, no? https://t.co/vzs7wlv4fP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 11:21PM
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I was sort of hoping he’d run against @NickKristof, who slimed him, in Oregon. The night is young! https://t.co/NTPwgR7QRJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 10:55PM
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The real “Puppeteer” theory is figuring out who pushes Biden farther to the left (eg on the border) than you’d think he’d go. It’s a live mystery because we know so little about how his WH works (after seemingly knowing everything about Trump’s) https://t.co/ATCb5DD3bH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 10:38PM
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What would Dems actually hitting the “panic button’ look like? https://t.co/rtqcersMIK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 23, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 07:03PM
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“It will not be a positive reaction to help coalesce our caucus if the [bipartisan] infrastructure bill goes down,”–Steny Hoyer, House Maj. Leader https://t.co/rtqcersMIK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 23, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 07:01PM
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True. Worry about “replacement” is largely @RonBrownstein’s “coalition of the ascendant” (“The Next America” https://t.co/QgToA7vdpA) seen through the eyes of the non-ascendant. .. https://t.co/9Sr5XBPdsX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 23, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 06:46PM
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Was getting slagged for this tweet earlier. Happy to re-up it. It’s the key point. https://t.co/6axQfKtLho
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 23, 2021
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September 23, 2021 at 06:23PM
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