So Democrats got some kind of illegible agreement from Senator Joe Manchin to support a very skinny version of the Build Back Better bill that is now called the Inflation Reduction Act. And the press is calling it a “surprise climate deal.”

I just remain endlessly fascinated by Democratic attempts at legislation and how they are communicating their priorities to the public. Most voters don’t even know that an infrastructure bill was passed because the headlines kept saying that a bill named “Build Back Better” didn’t pass.

I suppose “Inflation Reduction Act” is better branding than “Grab Bag of Green Corporate Giveaways and a Tax Hike.”