Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.

Today is Friday, October 29, 2021. I'm John Puthhordz, the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor, a brainwalled hi-a.

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Senior writer Christine Rosen, hi Christine.

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An associate editor, nor Rothman, hi Noah.

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So we said that there would be no deal yesterday and there was no deal yesterday.

And we've been saying for weeks that we didn't understand the enthusiasm or the certainty expressed by a lot of political advisors, analysts and the press that there would be a deal and on infrastructure and on the build back better plan.

And since there is no plan, now there's something more resembling a plan, at least a White House, document explaining what the White House wants or something.

But nothing written, no tax laws written, all of that.

And in an ordinary atmosphere, which is same atmosphere or a more ordinary atmosphere, in which we, in previous times, one would say that the press was not simply desperately cheerleading for the person for the Democrat in the White House in the same way that they are now.

And what happened yesterday in Capitol Hill would have been viewed as one of the greatest political disasters, self-inflicted political wounds of our time.

And everybody seemed to move on very quickly from it, even as it was going on Nancy Pelosi was going to with votes, she was going to have a vote and she wasn't then she was then this one said that.

And that one said the other thing and and and and so on, astonishing display of political in competence, internal divisions in the governing coalition, an out of touch president, a confused speaker of the House, a completely absent Senate majority leader.

This is also a lot of BS. I mean, you know, there was there was such a grand fog thrown up yesterday morning about, you know, being on the verge and having a breakthrough and stories about Biden getting a standing ovation.

And what's different this time is he, you know, he came down and he said, look, you got to do this. And, you know, it was like so much hype and right this. So and now I just want to caution people that now there was no vote because the progressive caucus in that in the House refused said, look, if you, if we're going to vote on the heart trillion dollar heart infrastructure bill, we're going to vote it down.

So now it's scheduled for next week.

What's going to happen between now next week. I don't understand the head of the caucus, per mill, a jia poll basically said, we'll vote for it next week. Well, if she would vote for it next week, why won't she vote for it today.

What's going to happen that's different between now and next week. Do they think do they really think somehow that the very same senators mentioned in cinema who wouldn't, you know, who who who have been sort of controlling the discussion without ever saying that they would support the bill.

They could have said yesterday that they supported the big back the buyback build back big back better bill. And they didn't. Well, we should, we should establish the state of play as it is at this recording nine o'clock in the morning on Friday, on Friday, whatever this is the 29th.

So progressives are saying, look, we're compromising. We have compromised. We wanted six trillion. We wanted four trillion, one of three and a half trillion. We wanted to trillion. Now we're willing to support 1.75 trillion. And we will support this. They said the last night, jia poll on the progressive caucus said, we'll, we'll pass this thing, which is

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