Paul Krugman
Unbelievable except not. The most delusional people in US politics are "centrists" in denial about GOP radicalism https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1598293545500147715
Greg Sargent on Twitter

“A bad sign: Even as Republicans openly threaten debt limit extortion next year, pessimism is mounting that Dems will disable it during the lame duck. Aides tell me they're skeptical Manchin and Sinema will do this in reconcilation, because it's "partisan." https://t.co/sghf1OAOFm”

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Dec 1, 2022 at 5:34pmWeb
Show threadCharles PatrickDec 1, 2022
@pkrugman #MintTheCoin
Show threadMaisie Pubblechook, Esq.Dec 1, 2022
@pkrugman I think it's much too charitable to attribute Sinemanchin's motivations to "centrism." Neither is that stupid.
Show threadNandor 🏳️‍🌈Dec 1, 2022

@pkrugman This includes many voters--including my Boomer father. He'll never vote R again in his life, but he's completely in denial about GOP radicalism. He thinks it was all just Trump--and now that Trump's gone, we can go back to normal.

Nothing I say can convince him otherwise.

Show threadcrugeleyDec 1, 2022
@pkrugman Manchin is about Manchin. He loves the attention. If anything gets done, it will because Murkowski wants it done.
Show threadMartin FowlerDec 1, 2022
@pkrugman Maybe it means they are prepared to take the 14th Amendment route on the debt limit.
Show threadBruceDec 1, 2022
@pkrugman FYI, I'm stealing this quote for my next banner, sometime today.
Show threadDCrockerDec 4, 2022
@pkrugman The underpinning of centrist status quo is aggressively supported by news media that continue to report issues as if the Republicans are anything other than an extremist group. As if the word 'conservative' still applies to them.