So there has been talk of Manchin changing parties.......

[tavernier]

6. Manchin is greedy, but not stupid.

He knows that if he switched parties he would no longer be the cock of the walk, and will certainly be at the bottom of the barrel in the republican party, because his vote wont carry much weight there. And he certainly knows that their presidential talk is just simply to stroke his ego. But oddly enough, deep down, he still is basically a Democrat, even though he grinds his heels into the dirt when the vote isn’t beneficial to his pockets.
He likes the chair he sits in right now. I really don’t expect him to make a change.