They could and they should, but when the dust settles, Manchin and Sinema probably still hold onto their seats. The DNC can promote someone, but the primary and general election voters ultimately decide.
You’re totally right that the DNC leadership is wishy-washy, but I do not see a different outcome if they take a hardline like the GQP. Democratic voters are not as puritanical in the primaries.
I’m not saying I’m happy with the DNC, just that we need to be putting pressure on the individual senators who actually will be deciding these things, rather than some monolithic national party, because the party is neither as monolithic nor as national as they may seem.
