FiveThirtyEight: Liberals Would Be Foolish To Primary Joe Manchin

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10. Ironically, there's one number that 538 forgot: 30%

30%
That's the percentage of West Virginia families that are on Medicaid.

Manchin can stay, as long as he fights like hell against the Republican healthcare bill. Even REPUBLICANS are starting to run away from it. If Tom Cotton is running away from it in Arkansas, Joe Manchin would be an absolute IDIOT to think he can gain 'centrist' votes by supporting any part of it just because he's in a state that was carried by Trump. I guarantee that by 2018 Trump is going to be a STONE around the neck of any politician who did anything that even REMOTELY supports him.

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that Manchin is in a good position to be re-elected IF he opposes GOP healthcare reforms in the loudest possible way. If he supports it, or even makes noises about supporting parts of it he's a dead duck.

If he strenuously opposes GOP healthcare policy, he'll probably win big. In which case, Senate Democrats can afford to let one Red State Senator dither about Supreme Court nominations and gun control; as long as he opposes GOP 'Wealthcare' reforms.