David Marcus: Manchin smacks Biden's placeholder presidency

When Bill Clinton was elected in 1992 he was the future of the Democratic Party. When George W. Bush was elected, he was the future of the GOP. When Barack Obama was elected he was the future of the new Democrats. When Donald Trump was elected… you get the point. 

Nobody, exactly nobody, thought when Joe Biden was elected president that he was the future of anything. He is a placeholder president and he’s learning the limitations of that.

Biden’s absolutely spectacular failure to pass either the bipartisan infrastructure bill or his "Build Back Better" tax and spend bonanza has left him pantless on the political stage. 

Monday, in a press conference Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., snuffed out hope for quick passage. He will not vote for massive social spending, he said, not even to save the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Right now it looks like Biden couldn't get change for a $20 on Capitol Hill.