▲ 195 ▼ Joe Manchin expected to skip Biden event as he weighs leaving Democrats (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] aidan@lemmy.world -8 points 3 years ago (3 children) He’s just about the only “Democrat” who could be elected in a blood red coal mining state. Plenty of Democrats get elected in majority red states- like Andy Beshear permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CMLVI@kbin.social 23 points 3 years ago I live in WV. We ain't electing a D. Manchin was as good as it's gonna get here, and by all accounts he's pretty shit. It's a running joke that people call him Maserati Manchin cause he's only ever here in his Maserati, electing to live in DC on his houseboat. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* Yeah Beshear won with a 0.4% margin in an R+16 state over a catastrophically unpopular governor who drove his own reputation into the dirt by taking braindead position after braindead position on things like abortion, school funding, and cockfighting. WV has another SIX percentage points of partisan lean toward Republicans. My assertion stands. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenAlex@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago And I'm really hoping we get to hang onto him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CMLVI@kbin.social 23 points 3 years ago I live in WV. We ain't electing a D. Manchin was as good as it's gonna get here, and by all accounts he's pretty shit. It's a running joke that people call him Maserati Manchin cause he's only ever here in his Maserati, electing to live in DC on his houseboat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* Yeah Beshear won with a 0.4% margin in an R+16 state over a catastrophically unpopular governor who drove his own reputation into the dirt by taking braindead position after braindead position on things like abortion, school funding, and cockfighting. WV has another SIX percentage points of partisan lean toward Republicans. My assertion stands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenAlex@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago And I'm really hoping we get to hang onto him. permalink fedilink source parent