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"Mr. President please tell your supporters that you're so confident in your Operation Warp Speed vaccines that they should get one as soon as they can. And tell their friends, too, before they send the doses out to Nancy Pelosi's district."

Whether Trump does so or not this is a win-win for Joe. It'll

1- call attention to the need for all Americans to get the vaccine. Especially as the media will push the story, because Trump.

2- remind everybody how badly Trump bungled Covid.

3- if Trump wont act Presidential that will remind everyone what an uncaring d-bag he remains. Cain't but hurt Trump in the Senate.

Elizabeth Miller wrote:

Hey, MtnCaddy! Do you like the Romantics? I just found out that they are from Detroit.

Tonight's your lucky night! You can introduce me to your fave Romantics tunes Sunday. MixmistressDJ the Royal Canadian way. I didn't know they came from Detroit.

Well, okay but, it's not much of a majority, yet.

For the moment.

Patience, Grasshopper
- Master Po/King

Hey Miss Perpetual Smile, here's a related Vox poll.

In the poll, 60 percent of likely voters said they would support sending a $1,400 one-time payment to most Americans as part of Covid-19 relief. That’s great news — the $1,200 stimulus checks last year were shown to have reduced poverty and helped Americans stay afloat in the first months of the crisis.

Biden told the House Democratic Caucus that he was willing to compromise on who will be eligible for the next round stimulus checks — but remained firm on the size of the $1,400 check, according to multiple sources on the call.

Most people I've met don't give a hoot about politics.

And he obviously has dreams of being a kingmaker since he knows he could shift the Senate with his single vote, making Kamala immaterial. So Schumer could be checkmated unless Manchin is mollified.

He has already shown his stripes by being so publicly upset Kamala gave an interview to a local WV media outlet on the proposed COVID package and didn't get his permission first. “I saw [the interview]. I couldn’t believe it. No one called me [about it],” Manchin said.
Then today, he threatened to scuttle the entire reconciliation effort unless it suddenly became bipartisan. Newsweek: Manchin deals blow to stimulus plan

The Dem leadership has to have recognized this, even before Manchin's announcement. I wonder what they are doing about it.

At least, the critical conversation has begun.

And, what's more, Biden gets it, too, and really wants to do something about it!

In a rational national healthcare system, the insurance companies should not even have a role to play beyond perhaps providing supplemental coverage for those who desired it.

Merrick.

Garland.

All the president has to do is make sure every single American knows about this!

The average person who receives a $1,400 check in the mail is not going to care what congressional Democrats had to do to make it a reality. They're going to be impressed with the speed it happened, not somehow upset because Mitt Romney couldn't find his way to vote for the final bill.

This is what Biden is counting on. When he talks about unity or bipartisanship, I believe he is talking primarily about the American people, as a whole, and not Congress.

What do the polls say about support for this COVID-19 relief package and how does it break down on party lines?