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In reply to the discussion: Is Machin angling for a Presidential run? Would you support him if he won the nomination? [View all]Caliman73
(11,730 posts)13. Manchin will never be anything more than Senator from W. Virginia.
If he is looking to run as a Democrat for the Presidency, I can with 99% certainty, say that it will never happen. He will not win against any halfway moderate Democrat. If he is thinking of switching parties and running as a Republican, there are much crazier candidates in that party and that seems to be what the GOP is looking for.
He is angling to keep the coal business that pays him half a million a year and the other companies that pay his campaign coffers the money he needs to stay Senator of WV, alive and well.
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Is Machin angling for a Presidential run? Would you support him if he won the nomination? [View all]
fescuerescue
Oct 2021
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I CAN'T POST MY OPINION. i guess you all know that would be a big XX from me
Trueblue1968
Oct 2021
#49
No, as much as most Democrats hate him, he would not be crazy enough to suit the Republicans.
totodeinhere
Oct 2021
#46
No he is angling for more corporate campaign dollars. He is more valuable as a Democrat
texasfiddler
Oct 2021
#7
The only thing Manchin is angling for is to keep the large pile of cash from his big coal
Vinca
Oct 2021
#9
Yup - and seriously we should pay coal/gas/Manchin to build wind/solar in WV.
lagomorph777
Oct 2021
#40
Considering the ages of three of the contenders in the last presidential race, including the winner
DFW
Oct 2021
#25
As a democrat he is damaged goods and stopped global warming legislation
Under The Radar
Oct 2021
#29