News: some Democratic donors and officials are reaching out to Sen. Joe Manchin to consider standing for the...

[demmiblue]

News: some Democratic donors and officials are reaching out to Sen. Joe Manchin to consider standing for the presidential nomination, per two people familiar with the discussions

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[W_HAMILTON]

1. LOL

[ibegurpard]

2. Lol

I can't see him getting one elected delegate

[edisdead]

3. BOHICA!

Bend over here it comes again!

[Lovie777]

4. NO..................

[Johonny]

5. Hard pass

[Wicked Blue]

6. Oh, vomit

[PhilosopherKing]

7. Manchin can f*ck off

He has no chance of winning.

[Blaukraut]

8. What's next? Digging up Lieberman's corpse?

Enough with the old DINO dudes.

[magicarpet]

96. I know everyone wants to be cynical,.. "No Labels" third party effort ain't dead just yet,....

... if enough formaldehyde was pumped into Joe Liebermans' body - he could well be Joe Manchins' running mate in 2024. An Al Gore redux of sorts.

If there was enough formaldehyde left over they could resurrect Reagan and have The Gipper replace trDUMP on the 2024 ReThug ticket. Vance would be elated and ecstatic to be Reagan's running mate this coming Presidential election. Boy would that fluff up Vance's opportunistic resume and enhance his future political ambitions.

[mucifer]

9. That could kill us We need unity.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Nope

He doesn't believe black people should be able to vote. He an Sinema stabbed us in the back.

[Pisces]

11. This seems like a joke

[Beartracks]

12. Isn't he an Independent now?

[tonekat]

71. I think he is switching back to D.

I heard something like that on CBS this evening.

[anciano]

13. LOL!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. I'm depressed enough already...

[musicblind]

15. Murkowski asked him to run for president a while back,

and Manchin made it clear to her that he did not want to.

[Self Esteem]

16. This is what happens when you cede control of the party to the donors. They start thinking they can call all the shots.

They just got rid of Biden - why does anyone think that won't embolden them to do more damage?

[JohnSJ]

52. That is Citizens United. I cannot see that happening. Even they have to realize that they would

lose over 50% of the Democratic base.

[Prairie Gates]

68. Now, now...they know best

[Tickle]

114. Sadly you are 100% right

This is not over and I'm nervous

[MagickMuffin]

17. He's no longer a Democrat, so, I think not

These donors and officials have done enough already behind closed doors. Stop trying to subvert the will of the people. Who’ve already exceeded and got your wish now go stand in the corner.

[Sky Jewels]

18. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. He'll need the support of 300 delegates to even get his name on the convention ballot

No more than 50 from any single state.

Oh, and he’ll need to re-register as a Democrat.

[Arazi]

20. Gosh, I've been assured EVERYONE is uniting behind Harris!!111!!

It’s a done deal.

No more uncertainty…

[Biophilic]

37. Really? Don't believe everything you read.

I suspect there is much up in the air.

[NYC Liberal]

104. I hope you don't think a guy who literally just left the party has any chance in hell of

being the nominee.

[stumpysbear]

21. And they can fuck right off

[Starry Messenger]

22. I'm so tired of this parade of fools

Can’t one of them pipe down for 5 minutes?

[tman]

23. you guys take the bait to easily.

[dalton99a]

24. The asshole is not a Democrat

[Mz Pip]

25. Yeah, no.

Ridiculous idea. He wouldn’t even bring us his home state.

[Mossfern]

26. Surely

the Onion

[DET]

27. I Knew It!

They didn’t toss Biden just to elect someone who shares his views on taxation - let alone a black woman. They need someone who they can easily bribe to do what they want. Hence Joe Manchin. This could get ugly.

[Pisces]

33. No, Repubs hope it does but no dem is supporting a guy who left the party. Keep dreaming

[JohnSJ]

57. Exactly, in addition very few if any of the pledged delegates would vote for him.

[Elessar Zappa]

28. Hell fucking no.

[ColinC]

29. Wouldn't mind seeing Kamala Dean Phillips him.

[OnDoutside]

30. I rushed here to add my Lol !

[vishnura]

31. Manchin

WTF

[live love laugh]

32. I'm sure Sinema will be his VP.

[CousinIT]

34. NOPE.

👎

[Raftergirl]

35. I seriously doubt donors are reaching out to Manchin.

I wish people wouldn’t use Twitter as a news source.

[relayerbob]

49. His wife donated to the party once, I bet

[Prairie Gates]

69. We just heard two weeks of "What, you don't believe X journalist?" This was Robert Costa!

Very prominent!

[Lancero]

70. Given how much money is in merch, someone might not want to take a loss on a bunch of "Joe 2024!" stuff.

[Scrivener7]

36. Oh, for fuck's sake.

[dsc]

38. So Biden, at 81 is too old and literally has to be forced out

but Manchin, at 76 should be drafted. All righty then.

[JohnSJ]

39. If this is actually true, then not only will we lose magnificently, but those calling out the big

donors as interfering with selecting the Democratic candidate by bribes and treachery will have been absolutely right.

I have no doubt though that if Manchin did try to challenge Harris, he wouldn't get to first base.

and I will make this pledge, if that actually happened, I would no longer be a Democratic, but re-register as no party preference.

[Wounded Bear]

40. We could finally win West Virginia!!!!!

[The_Counsel]

58. HA!

Manchin wasn’t gonna win W. Va. SENATE if he had the guts to run.

Or maybe he’d termed out. I forget.

Either way, he wasn’t/isn’t winning shit…

[Funtatlaguy]

41. Hahahahaha...🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤨🤪🤨

[Easterncedar]

42. Hilarious. I'd sooner vote for Romney

And I’d sooner take a hammer to my head than vote for Mitt.

[FHRRK]

43. too old - can't have it both ways

He is 76, basically the same age when Biden won. Sorry power brokers, you can't have it both ways, but fully expect them to try.

[Deminpenn]

44. Some donors just forced Biden out

It might be naive to think the same thing can't happen to Harris.

[Metaphorical]

84. I think they miscalculated, badly

Here's my guess - they wanted the democratic party in disarray, so that they could, best case, put someone in of their own choosing, and at a minimum have Biden come out of the convention torn by strife and discord, limping to defeat against Trump. They misread the concern of the politicians about Biden and thought it had more to do with unhappiness about his policies rather than his health, and they tried to take advantage of it. Biden looked at what was becoming an increasingly untenable situation, and tipped the board over. Harris is now getting pledges of support from the state delegates and state committee chairs, and is quickly capitalizing on the growing anger against big money donors to consolidate her base.

Harris is going into the convention as the heir apparent, with Biden's blessing, having nullified many of the attacks being thrown against Biden. The problem with coups is that they often can turn on unexpected developments. One more thing to keep in mind - Biden wasn't force out- he walked. Big difference. He set the stage for his own exit on a high note, energized the party's base, managed to get his protege into a position to capitalize, and secured his reputation in history. This was not supposed to happen.

[Deminpenn]

110. I hope you are right

nt

[ms liberty]

111. You put good points out there and I appreciate that.

I'm still furious right now, though.

[Different Drummer]

45. DINO.*

[AZSkiffyGeek]

73. Not even INO anymore....

[relayerbob]

46. Hahaha

The insanity patrol has gone off the rails

[PatSeg]

47. Ah, more "people familiar with the discussions"

There sure are a lot of those "people" these days.

If true, some donors don't have a clue about Democratic politics.

[Blue Owl]

48. Who cares

[ZonkerHarris]

50. that asshole can skip the convention and stay the fuck home.

[redqueen]

51. Riiiiiight

These scared rich people are just being stupid now

[polichick]

53. No way fuckers!

[getagrip_already]

54. Thats as funny as romney.... next. Nt

[SunsetDreams2]

55. LOL

You left the party for your own ambitions
You don’t get to come back into the party for your own ambitions.

Joe Manchin can kick rocks!

[anamnua]

56. Some are even pushing for Romney

https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/21/aaron-sorkin-how-i-would-script-this-moment-for-biden-and-the-democrats/

[Miguelito Loveless]

59. Don't laugh to hard

You can bet the same money faction that pushed Biden out will be pushing Manchin hard. I no longer have any faith in the Dem "leadership".

For what it's worth, the best VP pick for Harris would be Gov. Roy Cooper of NC, since he would boost the chances of picking up NC substantially.

[brush]

60. Three words. Hell no. period.

[Island Blue]

61. Oh, FUCK NO!

🤬

[DFW]

62. Manchin has about as much chance of getting the Democratic nomination as I do

Maybe less, in fact.

[Demsrule86]

99. I don't know since it seems Donors are more important than primaries.

[DFW]

112. The primaries are done anyway.

The donors can wave their checkbooks at the convention all they want. Unless Harris changes her mind, she inherits Biden’s $100 million war chest. No single Democratic donor out there is going to match that.

[G_j]

63. WTF

is this the Onion?

[Prairie Gates]

64. That would truly be the last straw for me

Thank God for Primary Election Rules on DU...

I'm not sure even those would make my response to a Harris/Manchin ticket acceptable.

[alarimer]

65. And here is the other shoe

Absolutely no fucking way.

[SunSeeker]

66. Not gonna happen. nt

[BluesRunTheGame]

67. Do any of these people have names?

[tonekat]

72. Of all possible alternates

Manchin is the least desirable. Not even on the same page as the others.

If you vote for Manchin...you're a Republican.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

74. When I wrote for the AZ Republic, the editorial board endorsed Lieberman in 04

Their explanation was that he was the Democratic candidate most like a Republican.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

75. Just now announced on MSNBC

He’s delusional

[sunflowerseed]

76. Fuck that!

[CentralMass]

77. What a bag of @$$holes.

[mzmolly]

78. Which donors? Musk and Thiel?

[Sunsky]

79. Haard No. nt

[Emile]

80. So will they threaten to stop donations if Manchin is not the candidate?

[wildflowergardener]

81. Manchin

Just heard he was considering running for president. Hell no! I may have to get kicked off DU if he becomes the nominee or any part of the ticket.

[durablend]

82. I can believe it

They're like "You people can vote for this shit sandwich or Trump gets in--your choice"

[StarryNite]

83. We'll see who the billionaires pick for us.

[AltairIV]

85. Absolutely not.

No.

[tanyev]

86. So...81 was too old for them, but they're just fine with *checks notes* a 76 year old?

These hypocrites can go eff themselves.

[BunkieBandit]

87. Snowball chance, meet Hell

n/t

[a kennedy]

88. Right, now let me just puke right here.....

[ImNotGod]

89. here we go again.....nt

[brooklynite]

90. As much as people are annoyed with him, Manchin is a very intelligent politician.

He knows the hopeless odds and won't do anything.

[MustLoveBeagles]

91. Is this a joke?

[Tribetime]

92. Fk that

[WVlaserguy]

93. Joe Manchin is a snake

He’s done in WV. He needs to go home and count his coal money

[TheFarseer]

94. We should only do that

If we are trying to lose all 50 states to win a bet.

[Indykatie]

95. This Just Proves Big Donors Have More Money than Brains. n/t

[Carlitos Brigante]

98. And a few days from now this will just play like the hilarious (but not really funny) joke that it is. No one gives 2

shits about this corrupt coal baron. But as a consolation price he can get a bag of dicks.

[Iggo]

100. Trial balloons and pieces of shit.

They both float.

[GPV]

101. Let's give em Bernie instead!

[Doodley]

102. OMG! Most stupid idea yet! A Putinite oilman as the Democratic candidate!

[Midnight Writer]

103. Manchin turns 77 next month. He has the same "age problem" Biden has.

Manchin has too much baggage and none of the qualities to be a Democratic President.

[republianmushroom]

105. Manchin...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219198989

Thank you Cherrycheeks

[mahina]

106. Good idea Manchin. You'll get clobbered.

[Cattledog]

107. He's not even a Democrat he's Independent.

[GoodRaisin]

108. Some billionaires.

Some of those that don’t want to pay their fair share.

[ecstatic]

109. Cool. He'll be used as a token so it doesn't look like a coronation

His chance of being nominated is 0%. I think it will also prevent him from going 3rd party right? lol. They should invite RFK's dumb ass too (if there's any chance he takes votes away from us).

[pansypoo53219]

113. fuck machin who didn't vote d all the way.

[mucholderthandirt]

115. Hell no, not that Joe!

No way, no how, not ever.