Jan. 7, 2022: Biden finds a new Manchin whisperer

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🗓️ 7 January 2022

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The White House is looking to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to help thaw out its frosty relationship with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in hopes of resurrecting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan. Subscribe to POLITICO Playbook. Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Facebook.
0:02.5	Hey, good morning, playbookers in Raghumanavalin.
0:05.3	It's Friday, and here's the question.
0:07.1	Can the White House get anything going with Joe Manchin?
0:09.9	This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.
0:16.0	The White House is looking to Virginia Senator Mark Warner to help thaw out its frosty relationship
0:21.9	with Senator Joe Manchin in hopes of resurrecting President Joe Biden's buildback better plan.
0:27.5	Two senior Senate sources said that Warner, one of Manchin's closest friends and its former
0:32.3	housemate will be involved in any future BBB talks.
0:36.1	Mention has said publicly that he's not negotiating with the White House.
0:39.3	Privately, he's been even more pessimistic.
0:42.4	Said a source close to Mention, quote, he's not in the mindset of moving forward.
0:47.0	Mention has complained about a lack of, quote, effective outreach or reset by top White House
0:51.4	aides and blamed them for making the BBB negotiations too personal.
0:55.5	Mention has spoken to Steve Roshetti, Biden's Hill Whisperer, once since Christmas,
0:59.8	but he's still angry with Chief of Staffron Clayne, who he believes told press secretary
1:03.7	Jensaki to quote, unleash the dogs in a heated White House statement after the senator announced
1:08.7	on Fox News Sunday that he was a no on the
1:11.0	BBB.
1:12.5	Spokespeople for both Warner and Biden demurred about the specifics of the Virginia
1:16.1	Senator's exact role in the effort to win over Mansion.
1:19.5	A Warner spokesperson told playbook, quote, Senator Warner and Senator Mansion are good friends.
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