House moderate Democrats should be the most frustrated with the latest turn of events. After all, as my colleague David Wasserman wrote, “Democratic leaders spent months corralling their most vulnerable members to stick their necks out for a nearly $2 trillion spending package that will be used against them in GOP ads, only for Manchin to torpedo the legislation.”

But, Senate Democrats aren’t in the same place. At least, not yet.

GOP ad makers and strategists took to Twitter Sunday and Monday, daring Democrats to undertake the Schumer strategy. “Please baby Jesus, in this the holiest of seasons, make this true,” tweeted GOP strategist (and former Sen. McConnell advisor) Josh Holmes. Steven Law, the head of the McConnell-backed Senate Leadership Fund concurred, tweeting, “Republican opposition researchers and ad-makers are standing by…”

It’s not hard to figure out what these GOP attack ads in battleground Senate races in states held by Democrats like New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia would look like. They would most likely feature this exchange Manchin had with FOX News Sunday host Bret Baier: