hmmmm....very interesting!
Gets him out of the conundrum he’s in for hitching his political wagon to Hillary and Obama.
AND it opens a WV seat to be filled by a Republican!
That would make 53 Senators.
Manchin & Mnunchin. That’s going to be a problem.
Oh....I like this move!
As with Heitkamp there is nothing in it for Manchin so why would he agree?
I was thinking about Joe for either Interior or Energy earlier today was that Heidi Heitkamp was being considered.... Heidi for Ag!
Governor is a Democrat and would probably appt a Democrat to fill his seat until the next election (2018?)
Brilliant move. Gives the message to the coal industry that their products, shot across the bow of OPEC, opens rat seat for the GOP.
Any democrat nominated for any post should be from an area where the gop is competitive.
Genius!!! Absolute genius Yes, great for a major coal state to have an advocate at DoE, but it also removes one Dem Senator in a state that’s increasingly gone Republican.
Didn’t I hear he was going to switch parties? I hope he does. I know he knows coal but what about oil, natural gas and the like?.......:)
Accomplishing yet another Republican Senator.
Please, no!! Manchin ran for Senate as a conservative democrat on a pro gun, pro coal platform
As soon as his seat was warm in Washington he started working with Shumer and proposing various gun control measures.
He also got on board with the conservation crowd and backing Obama in his attacks on coal.
Now that Trump has won the White House he is flipping back to the pro coal platform.
Come on WV! We have got to get rid of this two faced politician.
So as a plea to Mr. Trump, do not put this man in any position of power and definitely do not turn your back on him.
Please. No. Manchin is a tool and cannot be trusted.
The governor of West Virginia is a democrat and would appoint another democrat to replace Manchin. Why are people celebrating this?
Let Manchin twist in the wind. He’s useless.
Manchin is a more reliable than Lindsay and McCain
manchkin is a fair-weather loser. He has taken his West Va constituents for a ride many times. His lies about his positions are many.
Good, good, good, good, GOOD!!!
I get the feeling that a Manchin consideration is more a trial balloon to gauge the reaction and see what other names get bandied about in a positive way. He may get a trip and a lunch out of it, but I doubt he gets a formal offer.
Heitkamp?
Bad points:
She’s tied to Ed Schultz. Her brother Joel took over Ed’s local show after Ed went national.
They are socialists. The run under the banner of Dem-NPL.
NPL is socialist.
This website shows she’s Dem-NPL
http://demnpl.com/project/heidi-heitkamp/
This website shows NPL is socialist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_League
My personal knowledge from history of the area, is that the commies actually had communes set up in ND during the Depression.
Good points:
But she has favored ND’s energy, to include coal, where she served at the coal gasification plant as external director for a number of years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Gasification_Company
So I think she is qualified, and likely do a good job since the Dem party is fading. The best upside, is a Republican would fill her Senate slot.
I personally trust her more than Hoeven, who is a RINO.
Considering all, I think she’d be OK.