Meanwhile, nobody is talking about how exceptionally well-qualified she is to be budget director, her demonstrated, encyclopedic knowledge of government regulations and agency structures, her magisterial command of the effects of government bureaucracy in the lives of the American people.

Instead, it’s all, “She tweeted mean things about conservatives.”

Well, of course she did. She led the Center for American Progress. Challenging conservative politicians was her actual job.

And now Manchin wants to come along and use that against her. Pffffft. Sorry, his real motives could not be more plain.

Nobody paying attention thinks he cares about civil discourse. We all know he is an ideologue who opposes progressive values, even though he represents some of the poorest people in the United States, who stand to most benefit from the implementation of ideas stemming from those values.