What does everyone think: Does the Senate win diminish Manchin's position or not?

[Thomas Hurt]

[edhopper]

1. Only if

Warnock wins.

[Cosmocat]

24. Correct

NM

[intrepidity]

2. Of course it does

If only marginally, but yes.

[Raven123]

3. If Warnock wins, we have a cushion.

[onecaliberal]

4. Put our collective heads down and get to work for Warnock.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Correct. If Walker wins, it will be a race to flip

Mitch McConnell will dangle the world to Manchin and Senima with a Walker win, he only needs one, with a Warnock hold he needs them both. Senima may be the first to take the deal.

[leftieNanner]

10. Yep

I had the same thought

[msfiddlestix]

28. yes, I agree. Quite possibly it's something party leadership could mitigate in advance.

But that is presumming too much and inserting fantasy.

So the reality of both of their inclinations (let's just call it) is rather predictable for the most part. My worries are both jumping ship.

We badly need reliable Senators in play, so we have to flip up coming races in 2024 I believe is the next opportunity.

[FakeNoose]

21. Winner!

[kirby]

5. Unless he switches party n/t

[FakeNoose]

20. That will never happen - Manchin is proud of his membership in the Democratic Party

[Takket]

6. only if warnock wins. without that the numbers are exactly the same

[Kittycatkat]

7. With 51 seats we can say, "who". With 50 seats we have to know his f#$king name.

[RandySF]

9. I bet he switches parties if it stays 50-50

[bottomofthehill]

11. Watch for Sinema to go first

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Only if she plans to retire in 2024

No way could she win a GOP primary.

[bottomofthehill]

23. Rubin Gallego is already talking about running against her in a democratic primary

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. Yup- her senate career ends in 2024. Nt

[DemocraticPatriot]

13. BITE YOUR TONGUE!

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. Only if he plans to retire in 2024

Manchin could never win a GOP primary in WV.

[brush]

12. Now we'll just have to try to satisfy only one of...

him or Sinema countless times for them to stop pulling the football away from us at the last minute like Lucy does to Charlie Brown.

And that of course depends on Sen. Warnock winning in Georgia.

[DemocraticPatriot]

14. It would all seem to matter less,

if we do not also control the House...

[brush]

15. Sigh. Yes.

[DemocraticPatriot]

18. But there is still an outside chance for Dem control of the House---

something most of us would not have predicted, 5 days after the election...

I pray for some "surprises" in California, and anywhere else that the counting of votes is not completed yet...

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. Nope. He's still the most powerful man in America.

Even if we get to 51, if Manchin opposes a bill, Sinema will too. We needed 52 to prevent their obstruction.

[Demsrule86]

22. If we get the Warnock, we have one more Senator...but we needed two to counter

Sinema and Manchin. But I'll take it for the judges and if we keep the house we could pass some legislation.

[LeftInTX]

26. No

Everyone complained about him when we had a larger majority

[stopdiggin]

27. very little. if at all. -(nt)-

[anamnua]

29. The question has to be asked:

will there be Repub versions of Manchin in the House?