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In reply to the discussion: So, are people going to give Sen. Manchin a pass for supporting Trump's Paris Agreement Withdrawl? [View all]pnwmom
(108,925 posts)31. Manchin votes with us over 70% of the time. That's pretty good for a Senator
coming from a state that strongly supported DT.
And challenging a Democratic incumbent in a primary in a conservative district or state is a good way to kneecap him in the general election against the Rethug. You'd think Democrats would have learned that by now.
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So, are people going to give Sen. Manchin a pass for supporting Trump's Paris Agreement Withdrawl? [View all]
n2doc
Jun 2017
OP
The automatic assumption that this is as good as it gets is why it is going to be as good as it gets
JCanete
Jun 2017
#10
pandering to the coal industry to keep his job. he should lead on renewables jobs for WVa
msongs
Jun 2017
#3
Due to Senate non-apportionment, we would have fewer than 40 seats without senators like Manchin
BzaDem
Jun 2017
#4
It certainly absolves him of that position. We need more Democrats, even if they don't always
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#8
how about agreeing with us on the big things, like this, and Gorsuch? All he does is water down our
JCanete
Jun 2017
#11
that's a shit load of assumption though, and is in large part a self-fulfilling prophecy. nt
JCanete
Jun 2017
#13
hell, then maybe we should run the prison inmate. Maybe there's another way to appeal to these
JCanete
Jun 2017
#22
he is not representing them. If you put someone like Gorsuch on the court, or praise not joining
JCanete
Jun 2017
#38
No one is saying he is a progressive hero. We are saying that it's better to have
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#33
He didn"t have to issue a statement, he could have been honest about the coal industry"s future
SharonClark
Jun 2017
#34