From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden’s fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled
Posted on AllSides December 20th, 2021
From The Left
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
As Democrats feuded over the size and scope of their sweeping social spending proposal this fall, President Biden invited Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va) to his home here for breakfast and a personal tour of the property he built.
The October visit, according to a Democrat familiar with the day’s events, was part of a personal charm offensive by Biden to finally win over the man widely seen as the main obstacle to once-in-a-generation legislation to curtail climate change, and expand health care and education benefits, among other longtime priorities....
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