November 27, 2022
PEAK REACTIONARY:
Manchin's side deal on brink as GOP seeks his 2024 ouster (ALEXANDER BOLTON - 11/27/22, The Hill)
Ford O'Connell, a Republican strategist, said getting the Mountain Valley Pipeline authorized, a key piece of Manchin's permitting reform bill, would be a big win in West Virginia, where fossil fuel is the "life's blood" of the state economy.Manchin is already under attack from likely Republican challengers for voting for the Inflation Reduction Act. Getting permitting reform passed as a reward for that tough vote would give him political cover."This is an opportunity to actually win his seat in 2024," O'Connell said, adding that "it would be political malpractice" to give Manchin a victory on permitting reform.
The motives are obviously dubious, but killing permitting would be the best thing the GOP has done for the environment in at least a decade.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 27, 2022 5:19 PM