The World According to Joe Manchin

Surprise! The Democratic Party’s favorite contrarian Senator is refusing to pass Build Back Better.

Inside Politics Press Breakfast — April 2013 featuring Sen. Joe Manchin III. (photo: Third Way Think Tank)

“Joe Manchin Just Tore Out the Heart of Biden’s Agenda,” lamented Rolling Stone this morning. The sentiment was echoed across social media as liberal journalists and pundits decried Manchin’s deflection, a bomb he casually lobbed on the Sunday morning FOX news circuit.