New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate in phase I human trials

Re:New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate in phas... by astrange on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:04AM (#26695228)

Manchin is doing theater to appeal to his voter base, who are indeed largely not in his party.

He's being far more cooperative than, say, Liebermann was while passing the ACA, and his actual goal is to say he's fighting those out of control big city liberals by keeping the filibuster, but the changes he'll allow will make it completely different and more or less how it was in the 90s.

Sinema also wants to keep it and seems to actually be a true believer, which is dumb and not even what her voters want, so who knows what's up with that.

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Re:New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate in phas... by brendoelfrendo on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:27AM (#26695359)

I always forget about Sinema, which is something I need to stop doing because, as you say, she's probably the true believer.

I don't think we can be too charitable towards Manchin considering his other stances. That said, you raise a good point: changing the filibuster doesn't really change his position; he's still an essential vote to pass any legislation in a tied senate, so he benefits from either outcome. I suppose, all other things being equal, it makes sense for him to nominally oppose ending the filibuster for the sake of his base.

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