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Ohio state senator and jonathan cott, former senior adviser to joe manchin. what is the takeaway for democrats coming out of this night? >> that they need to do things to change the material conditions of people so they feel it rye now in realtime. and that has not happened. that certainly had an impact in virginia. democrats nationalized the race more than republicans. even things such as critical race theory. there was anxiety, a lot of reports that there was some anxiety in virginia over educ...

Dominate washington, im now joined by jonathan cott, a democrat strategist who worked for manchin himself, probably knows his thinking process. let me start by getting your assessment of how you see this process playing out. you worked on capitol hill, as i mentioned you know the senator very well, you know the dynamics that are at play here. will the democrats be able to put the progressives versus the moderates or so-called moderates in-fighting aside and reach an agreement? >> absolutely. i t...

Thank you for joining us this saturday evening. i greatly appreciate your time. and as i mentioned a moment ago one of the most important figures during this process is west virginia senator joe manchin. the conservative democrat has found himself at odds with many in his own party during these negotiations. and for insight into manchins thinking as the infrastructure and spending plans continue to dominate washington, im now joined by jonathan cott, a democrat strategist who worked for years as...

>> storm before the calm. joining us now, jonathan cott, former communications director and senior adviser to senator joe manchin. john hand alter, columnist for the daily beast. and maria teresa kumar. thank you all very much for being here. jonathan cott i am going to start with you since you know the man that everyone has been talking about. thats senator joe manchin. these last-minute negotiations began yesterday with senator manchin making his top line number clear. now our reporting is tha...

Permanent, get a bunch of stuff in there about climate, get a bunch of other stuff in there about, say, human -- im sorry, home health care and things like that, things that would have immediate impact for the american people, and it comes in at a price tag, over, $2 trillion, you think that folks arent going to vote for it if they can go back to their districts and say look, this is what weve done for you? so the next few days are going to be very fascinating to watch to see if the rhetoric goe...

Chuck schumer says the senate will vote to advance on tuesday. joining me now is michael harriet, author of "the black af history of america" and jonathan cott. let me start with you, mr. cott. theres been skepticism about senator manchins role and whether he is playing above board. that audio makes it sound like what he is doing is looking out for the future job prospects of republicans, trying to pad and pave their way with wealthy donors as a way to do the sausage making of making a deal. tha...

States and these districts from gerrymandering and disenfranchising black voters. i think thats most important part. if its done, it wont be republicans. they wont sign on to anything. we have this fruitless effort. joe manchin isnt going to get it done. he has never done it. >> i think its impossible to do. michael, jonathan, thank you for being here. appreciate the debate. the two big rulings from the supreme court today on adoptions byparents and obamacare. does this put an end to the obses...

West virginia broadcasters and host of the radio program, "metro news talk line." also with us, jonathan cott, served as communications director and senior adviser to senator joe manchin for seven years. jonathan, let me start with you, since you worked with him every day in the senate for seven years. nancy pelosi says -- she said she read the op-ed. and she sees an opening. i read the op-ed. and i dont see the opening. did -- did you see an open in the op-ed that nancy pelosi could get in ther...

Infrastructure needs in west virginia. he doesnt like all the green-new-deal stuff that -- thats in the biden plan. but i can very much see joe biden making a deal or doing whatever is necessary to get an infrastructure bill that brings back millions to west virginia. channeling his best memory of robert c. byrd. >> jonathan, quickly, before we go. will there be something on voting rights that joe manchin will support and join the democrats on in the senate? >> yeah. he supports the john lewis v...