Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema act out of ego, not principle | Robert Reich

If there's one thing the two supposedly Democratic senators love, it's media attention

This week, the spotlight once again will be on Democratic senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (dubbed Manchinema" by the Washington press corps when the two blocked much of Biden's agenda).

Which is exactly where both of these politicians want it.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com