Manchin feeling heat?

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 34m
Sen. Joe Manchin says he will vote to confirm Deb Haaland to serve as Interior Secretary.

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[wryter2000]

1. He's starting to remind me of Joe Lieberman

Insufferable.

[doc03]

2. LOL. Joementum

[Mr. Evil]

16. LMAO!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Every party has a pooper.

[vlyons]

4. lol too true

nt

[utopian]

5. Totally

I said the same in another thread.

[travelingwithhendoe]

7. Starting?

[TheBlackAdder]

14. He's taken over the Susan Collins position and his flexing his power and seeking attention.

[housecat]

17. sorry, Manchin is a piece of shit, but Lieberman is worse.

[getagrip_already]

26. You can't compare them in any way.....

Lieberman was from CT, and easily replaced with a dem for one. Plus he was openly hostile to dems and all but switched parties.

Manchen is a pita at times, but he almost always votes with us. He won't be the vote that tips a bill to the gop. He will always oppose when he has the cover of irrelevance one way or the other.

And, his seat would 100% flip if he wasn't running.

Be glad he is there, and not another hawley.

[Celerity]

30. 'he almost always votes with us'

Joe Manchin voted for controversial Trump nominees but is undecided on Biden’s
Manchin supported more Trump nominees than any other Democrat. Now, he could sink one of Biden’s.

https://www.vox.com/2021/2/23/22297053/joe-manchin-neera-tanden-jeff-sessions

(Kavanaugh, Sessions, etc etc etc etc etc)

PLUS........................

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/




Lowest (for comparison)








Lowest (for comparison, and I did not list ones who only were in only for a month or so at the end of Trump, as that is a useless measure)

[getagrip_already]

33. you left out...

the part where he is the tipping point vote. Sure, if his vote is irrelevent, meaning his vote either way won't matter, he will usually side with the gop positions. But who cares?

Not every vote, but most of them, he doesn't flip a bill on his own vote. I only care how he votes when his vote is critical.

I'd much rather have him there than any gop critter, which is the alternative for that seat.

[Celerity]

34. Obviously he is better than a Rethug, but now that he is litterally the swing vote in some cases, he

will end up a disaster I fear, on balance.

[getagrip_already]

36. well. lets wait and see......

The omb nom isn't a good example since sanders is also a likely no vote. Maybe the min wage will be his breaking point but he is from a very poor state and it is a popular bill even there.. We will see.

[wryter2000]

31. I can't disagree

I think what reminds me of Lieberman is the constant attention to what he's going to do, as if he ran the Senate. It's hugely irritating.

[uponit7771]

28. +1

[themaguffin]

35. Joe represented CT, he had no excuse

[sop]

6. Sure, Haaland didn't criticize his daughters's EpiPen price gouging scheme.

[BigmanPigman]

23. I just read about this.

Tomorrow Manchin gets another call from me. I am beyond pissed off at this pseudo Dem. [phone]

Once again the devil’s bargain with the unprincipled Mr Manchin is even worse than it looked

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[blueinredohio]

9. Amazing how those things happen.

[W_HAMILTON]

10. Make him feel even more: call Manchin's DC office at 202-224-3954

That is his DC office number (taken from: https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/office-locations).

Let him know what you think of the recent reports about how he intends to vote on Biden's nominees, increasing the minimum wage, etc. If you are like me, tell him that you are active politically and have provided campaign assistance (contributions, phone/text banking, etc.) to out-of-state candidates like himself in the past and as long as he accepts such help from out-of-staters, he can damn sure listen to our opinion.

[Ninga]

11. +10000000000000000000000000

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[niyad]

18. Already did that. And about his minimum wage bs.

[KatK]

20. Yes! to calling him! n/t

[BigmanPigman]

25. I am a few minutes late to the party.

I just looked up Manchin's number so I could call him as a WV constituent about 15 minutes ago. Glad you beat me to it. I hope tons of people will call.

I do what I have been doing for 4 years...look up a home for sale on Zillow in his state and use the address as my own in case a staffer asks. I am OK with a non WV phone number since people move but they keep the same cell phone number so that is not proof of constituency.

[BComplex]

12. We need to find someone to replace Manchin. He's a republican putting a "D" after his name.

We need someone that will appeal to W. Virginia voters who can still win the state. The democratic party needs to purge themselves of this weasel. His DAUGHTER is a friggin' greedy wingnut price gouger and he would rather protect her crap than take care of the country's business.

[Lonestarblue]

19. One of the best things Democrats could do in West Virginia is help locate new business there.

WV has lost a lot of coal jobs. It’s also a poor state. Imagine the good will if some plants manufacturing wind turbine blades or solar panels were located there. We need to take at least some of the money we give fossil fuel companies, which is in the billions, and use it as incentives for green energy. Most voters don’t vote against people who bring them prosperity. (QAnon nutjobs excepted)

Do the same in Kentucky coal country. Eastern Kentucky has always been one of the poorest areas of the country, and Trump failed to deliver on his promise of coal jobs.

[clutterbox1830]

32. I think that will be almost impossible in WV today.

I think D will have a really tough time winning statewide election in WV with today's political climate. WV has really gone more hardcore RW over the past decade. Trump won the state by 40% and Shelley Capito won her senate race by 53%. No county went democratic in 2020.

[JI7]

13. Because the thing with his daughter is starting to get attention

[Blue Owl]

15. Hey Manchin, we don't need prima donnas right now

Suck it the fuck up and do what’s right for AMERICA...

[machoneman]

21. Joe Biden needs to pick up Manchin by his ears ala' LBJ! And make it hurt!

[oldsoftie]

22. I wasnt aware that there were any "issues" with her.

[Mr. Evil]

24. Manchin feeling the heat, eh?

I hope he feels like the dancing drop of water on a pancake griddle to see if it's hot enough yet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

27. What was the excuse initially? nt

[uponit7771]

29. He said "timing" with the other person of color, don't think he wants to look like he's

... opposing women of color overall.