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In reply to the discussion: West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder [View all]Demsrule86
(68,800 posts)11. There is no candidate other than Manchin who has any shot at beating a GOP type...
Last edited Mon Jan 10, 2022, 03:40 PM - Edit history (1)
Trump won WVA by over 40% of the votes...Manchin is the last Democrat in WVA most likely in my lifetime...generations IMHO.
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West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder [View all]
Nevilledog
Jan 2022
OP
Senator, look your grandchildren in the eyes when you tell them you've chosen the owners
CrispyQ
Jan 2022
#1
He'll buy them a car so they won't call him an asshole until after his funeral.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2022
#4
Yeah well I didn't want to be my usual pessimistic self & suggest they were spoiled & bought off
CrispyQ
Jan 2022
#7
manchin's legacy will be a submerged florida and election violence, not principled stands on
certainot
Jan 2022
#20
Hmmm... support miners or support owners... what will he do, what will he do... nt
Nittersing
Jan 2022
#3
I'd love to see him perform his "Aw shucks, I'm just a simple good ol' W Virginian" shtick
Carlitos Brigante
Jan 2022
#5
THIS is why the democrats need to have a serious POPULIST candidate waiting in the (primary)
BComplex
Jan 2022
#10
There is no candidate other than Manchin who has any shot at beating a GOP type...
Demsrule86
Jan 2022
#11
That would be my plan but it won't impact the BBB legislation. And we also have to retain
Demsrule86
Jan 2022
#17
It'll probably depend on how the West Virginia population changes and evolves.
calimary
Jan 2022
#26
No, a Bernie Sanders type Democrat would never win a general....Sanders won a primary.
Demsrule86
Jan 2022
#18
K&R for *union*! & can one of our senators throw this at his face on the Senate FLOOR?!
UTUSN
Jan 2022
#6
Polls done in WVA show a strong majority does not support BBB sadly. That is what we are
Demsrule86
Jan 2022
#12