Dylan Scott

Nearly every Democratic priority. And when it became clear that they could not do all of those things just politically, that they didn't have the votes to pass everything they wanted... they never decisively made a choice to do one of them and to do it well.

Nearly every Democratic priority. And when it became clear that they could not do all of those things just politically, that they didn't have the votes to pass everything they wanted... they never decisively made a choice to do one of them and to do it well.

And the problem was they had a very thin majority in the Senate that included sort of two problem senators in Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. December 2021, Manchin made an offer that would include universal pre-K permanently, as well as expanded health care subsidies and clean energy credits. So it's a lot of what they want. It's not everything.

And the problem was they had a very thin majority in the Senate that included sort of two problem senators in Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. December 2021, Manchin made an offer that would include universal pre-K permanently, as well as expanded health care subsidies and clean energy credits. So it's a lot of what they want. It's not everything.

And the problem was they had a very thin majority in the Senate that included sort of two problem senators in Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. December 2021, Manchin made an offer that would include universal pre-K permanently, as well as expanded health care subsidies and clean energy credits. So it's a lot of what they want. It's not everything.

Biden said no and put out a statement blaming Manchin for the impasse.

Biden said no and put out a statement blaming Manchin for the impasse.

Biden said no and put out a statement blaming Manchin for the impasse.

And Manchin went on Fox News and told Biden the bill was dead. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there. And then Biden put out another statement calling Manchin a liar. Saying Manchin's comments were, quote, at odds with his discussions this week with the president. And that it all broke down.

And Manchin went on Fox News and told Biden the bill was dead. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there. And then Biden put out another statement calling Manchin a liar. Saying Manchin's comments were, quote, at odds with his discussions this week with the president. And that it all broke down.

And Manchin went on Fox News and told Biden the bill was dead. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there. And then Biden put out another statement calling Manchin a liar. Saying Manchin's comments were, quote, at odds with his discussions this week with the president. And that it all broke down.

Biden, despite decades in the Senate, knowing that senators are petulant little babies who you have to appease, just like didn't do it. And I think to some degree, this speaks to his weakness is reading accounts of this. He just comes across as a guy who could not stand people being mad at him.

Biden, despite decades in the Senate, knowing that senators are petulant little babies who you have to appease, just like didn't do it. And I think to some degree, this speaks to his weakness is reading accounts of this. He just comes across as a guy who could not stand people being mad at him.

Biden, despite decades in the Senate, knowing that senators are petulant little babies who you have to appease, just like didn't do it. And I think to some degree, this speaks to his weakness is reading accounts of this. He just comes across as a guy who could not stand people being mad at him.

And that's a person who cannot make clear decisions, because if you make clear decisions, someone is going to be disappointed by them.

And that's a person who cannot make clear decisions, because if you make clear decisions, someone is going to be disappointed by them.

And that's a person who cannot make clear decisions, because if you make clear decisions, someone is going to be disappointed by them.

So I'll disagree with one part of that, which is just to say that I think while the actual evacuation from Afghanistan was bungled, just choosing to go through with withdrawing showed more decisiveness than most American presidents had showed on Afghanistan for the previous two decades. Fair. Yeah. But I think on Israel and on Ukraine, there's definitely something to that.

So I'll disagree with one part of that, which is just to say that I think while the actual evacuation from Afghanistan was bungled, just choosing to go through with withdrawing showed more decisiveness than most American presidents had showed on Afghanistan for the previous two decades. Fair. Yeah. But I think on Israel and on Ukraine, there's definitely something to that.

So I'll disagree with one part of that, which is just to say that I think while the actual evacuation from Afghanistan was bungled, just choosing to go through with withdrawing showed more decisiveness than most American presidents had showed on Afghanistan for the previous two decades. Fair. Yeah. But I think on Israel and on Ukraine, there's definitely something to that.