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Jake Stern

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35. Got $100 that says Manchin switches before the midterm

Reply to thejoker123 (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 08:39 PM

Feb 2017

Another $50 says he gives some sappy statement about how the party abandoned the people of West Virginia and their values.

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Democrats who voted for Tillerson [View all] thejoker123 Feb 2017 OP

Primary all of them! LW1977 Feb 2017 #1

Two are in solid red states BainsBane Feb 2017 #3

so does that mean the republicans MFM008 Feb 2017 #32

Yes, actually BainsBane Feb 2017 #36

What happens if a repub wins instead? cynatnite Feb 2017 #4

If a Repub wins instead, they NEVER vote with us. And we're that much more in the minority. EOM Grown2Hate Feb 2017 #13

Thank you. NurseJackie Feb 2017 #14

At least this way we get to always lose the really important votes that matter. TeamPooka Feb 2017 #19

As it stands now, in WV (for example), you have the exact same problem if you just let a real Repub Grown2Hate Feb 2017 #25

No. DURHAM D Feb 2017 #12

Lol Dem2 Feb 2017 #27

I hadn't heard about Warner. LisaM Feb 2017 #2

I don't get how he's helping coal- except to raise oil prices? bettyellen Feb 2017 #6

Hating brown people self interests thejoker123 Feb 2017 #11

I'm trying to figure out Warner, too. phylny Feb 2017 #34

Heitkamp & Manchin are up in 2018 in difficult states MrPurple Feb 2017 #5

When they are more afraid of Republicans than the people that send them to Washington... kentuck Feb 2017 #8

What? SaschaHM Feb 2017 #38

No clue what my Senator was thinking! GreenPartyVoter Feb 2017 #7

Why doesn't Manchin just change his party affiliation? Vinca Feb 2017 #9

Because he votes Democratic 75% of the time mythology Feb 2017 #15

PRIMARY THEM!!!! hurple Feb 2017 #10

Right ! and get a Teabagger Republican in their place. DURHAM D Feb 2017 #16

No, replace them with an actual democrat Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #20

In a RED state? WON'T HAPPEN. nt DURHAM D Feb 2017 #21

Yes. It is time for so-called red states to change. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #23

Our attitudes don't need to change. DURHAM D Feb 2017 #24

Indeed, it is a horrible situation. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #26

Would Mcauliffe be a better US Senator than Warner if Mcauliffe decided to run for the US Senate nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #28

You gave me all the info I need! BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #17

Maybe they are actually republicans Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #18

Probably a lot of them are from red states right? That would make sense since their ass is on the TrekLuver Feb 2017 #22

So why can't we run some "Republican" candidates of our own in these red state. Just slap a GOP tag nikibatts Feb 2017 #29

But isn't that what a red state Democrat already is...???? LOL TrekLuver Feb 2017 #31

Marshall Petain would be so proud Uponthegears Feb 2017 #30

Oh well, nothing we can do...... vi5 Feb 2017 #33

Got $100 that says Manchin switches before the midterm Jake Stern Feb 2017 #35

I disagree herding cats Feb 2017 #37