Expelling Bowman would mean handing the perfect tool to the establishment to stoke divisions within the Palestine solidarity movement, the left and the working class, and play into the strategy of divide and conquer. It is exactly what our enemies want.
In a sense, yes. The Democrats have no real power over Manchin's ability to get elected, so if they did want to bring him to heel, they couldn't. But they also don't want to, so it doesn't really matter that much that they can't bring him to heel. Now, the loose relationship between party and representative helped to create the structural elements of the party system that gives the Democratic elite the interests they have, so, in that sense, still yes. But, realistically, that's of minimal importance compared to understanding the historical material interests of the American elite of different periods and recognizing that their interests are what drive both parties. The entrepreneurial model of politics makes it easier for economic elites to control American politicians, but you don't need a system as thoroughly malformed as the American one to produce similar outcomes. PR governments with strong-party models have seen similar outcomes, if in less extreme forms.
In a sense, yes. The Democrats have no real power over Manchin's ability to get elected, so if they did want to bring him to heel, they couldn't. But they also don't want to, so it doesn't really matter that much that they can't bring him to heel. Now, the loose relationship between party and representative helped to create the structural elements of the party system that gives the Democratic elite the interests they have, so, in that sense, still yes. But, realistically, that's of minimal importance compared to understanding the historical material interests of the American elite of different periods and recognizing that their interests are what drive both parties. The entrepreneurial model of politics makes it easier for economic elites to control American politicians, but you don't need a system as thoroughly malformed as the American one to produce similar outcomes. PR governments with strong-party models have seen similar outcomes, if in less extreme forms.