So far the sighs of relief at the victories of Manchin in West Virginia are understandable — and should be very troubling to Democrats and liberals. Manchin saved his troubled bid for the Senate by running a commercial in which he took a gun and literally shot up the cap-and-trade bill. The possibility of liberal legislation sailing through a still-Democratic-controlled Senate with Manchin there depends entirely on whether Manchin is willing to betray the themes of his own campaign.
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