Waiting for Warnock.

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Like many of you I will be watching the results of the Georgia Senate run-off with great anticipation.

The latest polls show Senator Warnock sightly ahead but within the margin of error.

That the race is this close is not exactly a mystery. The MAGAs back Walker hoping to cut into the Georgia Black vote for Warnock.

That racist strategy of assuming Black voters only see skin color looks to be failing as Walker is polling in the low three percentage points among Georgia’s Black voters.

I can’t be the only one who is thinking that a win for the Democrat Warnock will undermine the power of Senator Joe Manchin who has used the 50-50 Senate divide to kill many progressive initiatives of the past two years.

It also removes Manchin as an excuse the Democrats have used for their legislative failures.

If Warnock wins, Democrats would get a one-seat majority on all committees and more budget for their staff. On a handful of committees that require a majority vote in order to issue subpoenas -- including the Intelligence, Armed Services and Foreign Relations panels -- Democrats would be able to act without GOP consent.

Of course there is still the Republican filibuster or threat of it. But 51 Democratic votes in the Senate can also get rid of the filibuster.

Yet the question remains, will the Democrats move progressive legislation if they don’t have to play by the “Manchin rules”?