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Indeed! However, given the halo which bipartisanship has acquired recently, I could easily see Manchin and Sheena deserting the Democratic caucus to support reappointment. The question is, will Joe Biden waver? Since he appears to have learned something from the Obama administration's failures, perhaps not.

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"Jay Powell is profoundly out of sympathy with the Democratic near-consensus perspective on financial regulation."

Exactly what Democratic near-consensus would that be? Warren's and Sander's extremely popular views on finance where you tax wealth and send moderate suburban D's into the R column for the next generation?

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