[Gay State Conservative]

Interesting.He's highly likely to be friendly to coal...if not all forms of energy.And the Senate very probably will get a new member who understands that DJT carried his/her home state by about 30 points.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Manchin in energy open seat in senate, Perry can run against Cornyn in Texas!!!! Is Cornyn up this cycle???

[bert]

I posted to this thread yesterday but the thought you noted occurred to me last night as well . It needs expanding.

Manchin is in fact a Friend of Coal. It is difficult to calculate the magnitude of his hands on ability in the DOE to resurrect the industry that is coal. I visit the coal fields and have direct knowledge of the economic damage the Obama regime did in Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and South West Virginia.

Mining is the exposed ice berg. The service businesses are the submerged mass of the coal economy. The businesses are too numerous to mention but a dealer in large tires, an up the hollow coal truck repair shop, a mining machinery dealer and overhaul shop, a dealer in the special mining electrical equipment and on and on. Small business with just a few employees were killed off.