Joe Manchin to endorse Joe Biden after saying he could potentially support Trump

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Sen. Joe Manchin, the independent-minded West Virginia Democrat who sometimes irks his party by siding with Republicans, intends to back fellow Democat Joe Biden for president, according to a report.

Manchin, 72, who has served in the Senate since 2010 after previously serving as West Virginia’s governor, was unequivocal about his plans Thursday in an interview with Politico.

“I will, absolutely,” Manchin said when asked if he will support Biden.

In February, he said he might endorse President Trump for reelection - although he voted to remove him from office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/joe-manchin-to-endorse-joe-biden-after-saying-he-could-potentially-support-trump/ar-BB12L2PV?li=BBnb7Kz

[klook]

1. Damn, I should hope so!

Imagine an election in which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders endorse Biden, and Manchin supports Trump!!


File under "Nightmares Averted."

[spanone]

2. Any Democratic Senator that would even consider voting for trump should be banished from the party

[lagomorph777]

4. +1 If you want to call yourself a Dem, don't besmirch the name.

[TwilightZone]

7. He's speaking to his audience.

He has a ton of bipartisan support in WV. He was never likely going to vote for Trump, but saying he would consider it is politically smart in WV.

[SharonClark]

8. Any Democratic senator saying he might support Trump weakens the party and the party's message.

He's an ass.

[TwilightZone]

9. Find a less moderate Democrat who can win WV.

In WV, we can have a Senator who votes with us half the time or none of the time. Those really are the options: moderate or right-wing nutjob.

His whole shtick is bipartisanship. Expecting him to suddenly change that and become a die-hard isn't realistic.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Manchin is one reason why Dems need to win the Senate big

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If Biden wins and the senate is 50-50 or 51-49, the Dems would be continually kowtowing to Manchin and maybe 1 or 2 others.

Best to get a big blue wave and get 53 or 54 seats.

[lagomorph777]

5. Best to get 66 seats.

[TwilightZone]

6. We can't.

There aren't enough open. Not even close. 42 are either not up this cycle or safe Republican.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Republicans have 22 seats up for grabs

and "safe" seats like South Carolina, Kentucky and Montana are at least initially looking competitive. Have not seen Hegar/Cornyn polling in Texas, but Hegar was very close in 2018 in a very red district for US House so will hopefully can compete statewide.

That said, even if Trump completely melts down and loses big, a blue tsunami would realistically get a net 6-8 seats for Democrats. Republicans had a net 9 pickup in 2014. The same six year cycle had Democrats picking up a net 8 seats in 2008. So, if you go by history, this six year cycle should see a pretty big gain for one party, hopefully Democrats.

(1958 Democrats had a net 12 seat pickup and Republicans had a net 12 seat pickup in 1980 with Reagan)

[TwilightZone]

11. KY, MT, TX aren't "safe" seats.

They're lean R and likely R.

Safe seats are places like SD, NE, WY, OK, etc., that we have zero chance of winning.

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