Sen. Joe Manchin Doesn't Strike Down 2024 White House Bid

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Sen. Joe Manchin Doesn’t Strike Down 2024 White House Bid Speculation
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Asta Hemenway
Politics Reporting Fellow
Published Feb. 07, 2023 6:19PM ET

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-joe-manchin-doesnt-strike-down-2024-white-house-bid-speculation?via=newsletter&source=BI-CS-All

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) still hasn’t yet quelled circulating rumors about a third-party bid for the White House, saying on Tuesday that “I don’t like the direction we’re going” and “I don’t know what the next chapter will be, I don’t know [where] the future lies, I really don’t,” according to The Hill. The centrist has expressed frustration at the Dems for not making a deal with GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over the debt limit. Voters will be searching for a leader who will unite America, he said but didn’t say if he’d be the next person to try to do so as president. “I’m not saying I have any aspirations,” Manchin said. “I can tell you one thing: I feel, like most Americans, we’ve got to come together. Americans want to be united, they want to be together and right now we’re going further apart.”

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Joe Manchin is a fine American Statesman

That’s all his fan club will allow me to say.

However, I relish the thought of Manchin running as a third party candidate, since that would mean I could more freely speak my mind about him…

[Irish_Dem]

10. Can I be in your fan club?

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. I dunno

I tend to follow the Groucho Marx philosophy…”I wouldn’t belong to any club that would have me as a member”…

[badhair77]

2. No, just no.

So how is being a 3rd party candidate uniting anyone?

[2naSalit]

18. +1

[Irish_Dem]

30. It's not.

In fact the opposite.

[rurallib]

3. Would he take more votes from the Dem or the Repuke?

I think I could make an argument either way.

[delisen]

4. Actually We Americans want our social security program

We also do not want to be as poor as most West Virginians. In fact we would love to help Sen Manchin uplift West Virginians. He only needs to set that as a priority and then ask us to help.

[IbogaProject]

5. I hate the media horse race bullocks

This guy would have no chance, he barely even won his Senate seat. He isn't presidential material whatsoever.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Yes so why is he going to take on Joe Biden in a public way?

[IbogaProject]

38. For campaign cash

This is a money grab on Manchin's part.

[Irish_Dem]

41. I hope he doesn't do too much damage in the process.

[Walleye]

6. Is he thinking of Sinema as a running mate?

[Irish_Dem]

9. +1

[Coventina]

19. I had the same thought.

They are both egoists who probably think it would be a great idea.

[BlueLucy]

7. If Trump goes 3rd party due to DeSantis loss...

republicans will pay Manchin whatever his asking price is to go 3rd party.

[Irish_Dem]

32. +1

[Cha]

8. With PJB & the Dem Senate

the Direction is going up.. with the Fascist House.. it's going to Hell.

Manchin sounds like this is all about him.. not the Country and the Planet.

[applegrove]

11. ?? Your first sentence I can't compute. What is PJB?

[Cha]

12. Pres Joe Biden.. I use that a lot.

[applegrove]

13. Thanks.

[moonscape]

40. I thought it was

Peanut Jelly and Butter

[lapucelle]

35. Mahalo, Cha. Tertiary source The Daily Beast seems to have lifted the clickbait framing

from secondary source The Hill. While both noted that Manchin also said, "I’m not saying I have any aspirations", it's the clickbait headline that sticks with the reader.

CBS News reporter Bob Costa actually asked the question at a Zoom press event hosted by Semafor's Steve Clemons.

Here's what the primary source (Costa) reported:

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Bob Costa also retweeted Doug Redicker and Semafor who respectively noted:

@Sen_JoeManchin just didn’t directly answer @costareports question on @SCClemons #semafor interview about whether he would run for president in 2024. Repeatedly avoided the question. Hmmm.— Doug Rediker (@DougRediker) February 7, 2023

and

Joe Manchin declines to answer when asked by @costareports whether he's considering a 2024 presidential run pic.twitter.com/upfvAjvPIg— Semafor (@semafor) February 7, 2023

[Cha]

36. Mahalo & Aloha, lapucelle...

I just Hope the Best for 2024 and Our Democracy.. it's going to be a scary year for me & Millions who care about it.

[lapucelle]

37. We have to work hard Cha, but between the midterm results and PJB's stellar performance last night,

I feel a bit more optimistic.

[Cha]

39. Yes PJB's Brilliant SOTU was

a precious Gift from the Universe!

Like take that Forces of Evil!

[ZonkerHarris]

14. Would his 3rd party be called the GOPP? Or The Reepublican Party?

something close to that I'm sure...

[maxrandb]

21. Probably will just call it the "Problem Solvers", or "No Labels" Party

Pretty much the same way the Nazis came to power without ever winning a majority of votes.

You couldn't get through to the majority of West Virginia voters with a baseball bat.

White supremacy rule has worked out so well for the state of West Virginia, hasn't it?

Maybe Joe "Coal" can raise them from 50th in Quality of Life to 48, but that could just be due to Sarah LIE-abby dragging Arkansas down.

[yardwork]

15. Excuse me while I die laughing.

[LiberalFighter]

16. I predict he would not do well.

He would have a few dead weights on him.

[maxrandb]

22. He suffers from "Delusions of Adequacy"

[LiberalFighter]

17. If the thinks he should run as an independent...

that would mean he knows he would not get the Democratic nomination.

[PortTack]

20. Goes to show just how out of touch he is with reality!

[kacekwl]

23. As my President said

Good luck in your senior year.

[jcgoldie]

25. Who's gonna vote for him?

His "Republican friends" that he talks to on Fox News? Certainly not Democrats.

[Irish_Dem]

29. He is running for other reasons.

[Hortensis]

27. Well, my husband and I will help strike him down if it comes to it.

I value him for running as and being a Democrat and frustrating the hell out of the Republicans' plans. But he frustrated our agenda just too much to support him for even the power he has, much less more.

[Irish_Dem]

28. This is a direct threat to Joe Biden.

[UTUSN]

33. Hah! - he thinks the country wants to unite under him?!

[msfiddlestix]

34. ok, so instead of jumping ship on the party, he's going to run for POTUS

Gotcha Joe But I gotta ask a question: Which set of idiots are you paying who seem to be feeding you these delusional notions of grandeur and popularity? They don't care about you Joe. They know you can't win squat .

But they like your money. just keep bankrolling this campaign and they will keep feeding you bullshit.

So, we're never going to have a Democratic Senator from West Virginia anymore. We need to focus on filling the gap from other states I think we could manage to win for the Senate.

[Joinfortmill]

42. Never win... just my opinion.