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Ceiling. or, you know, he saved the day a few months ago. and it seems like there may be some wiggle room once again. do you think there is any possibility that mcconnell could step in? >> i think that it will depend on what happens with this reconciliation package, the "build back better" plan that the president is working on now. because it really does seem like mitch mcconnell wanted to make democrats pay a price for going to alone on reconciliation. if for any reason this legislation fails, if it doesn't getting across the finish line, i think that that could bring mitch mcconnell back int...

He did run and a lot of people on the left don't like for this to be highlighted, but he did run as a consensus builder, as someone who spent years in the senate working with republicans and democrats. and now he actually has something to show, a bipartisan product. if he can get through this debt ceiling increase that is necessary, and a budget deal that will be bipartisan, debt ceiling democrats may have to do that on their own, but if he can show progress on the budget deal, that should help improve his numbers and help democrats' standing going into 2022 because right now, if you look at t...

Democrats with the debt ceiling. it really did seem that mcconnell, whether you agree with the decision or not, and certainly a lot of people disagree, he told democrats that you will go to alone on reconciliation and you have to go to alone on the debt ceiling. and this is something that both parties do. when i was in congress and republicans reformed the entire tax code of the united states excluding democrats from that process, there was a heavy price that was paid. and this is just payback from republicans now. >> so i guess the question now is what will joe manchin do, right, when it come...

>> reporter: exactly. this has been a tough one for the white house to message on. on the one hand, president biden doesn't want people to lose the forest from the trees in terms of the overall strength of the economy. and so you hear the president talking about, look, unemployment claims down to the lowest level in half a century. and even on inflation you hear jen psaki saying that the cost of a turkey is up about a dollar which is not great, but not exor tabts. and talking about the fact that shelves will still be full, retailers ensuring people that they will have goods. but on the other h...