Meanwhile:
.@SenatorTester to @HallieJackson on the price tag of the Democrats' reconciliation framework: "There's a lot of needs out there so $3.5 trillion is not unreasonable."
That statement is a big fucking deal.
Jon Tester is the man who has to talk to Joe Manchin.
I don't think there is another democrat to whom Manchin might listen. Maybe a couple of Republicans could relieve the pressure on him, but for whatever reason, even as her party betrays her
again, I don't think Murkowski will do it. Romney ought to, too. But it seems unlikely.