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!
OR he could simply run as a Republican next time, virtually guaranteeing a GOP pickup.
Very interesting....
Now THIS is how you play Chess!
Yowza!
“AND it opens a WV seat to be filled by a Republican!”
Trump is going to pick a Democrat for a cabinet position, that is traditional. He might as well pick a Democrat from the Senate (like the woman from North Dakota or Manchin) where the move will add one to the Senate Republican Majority.
Adding one to the Senate Majority will help a great deal when you realize that two of that majority are the complete jerks Graham and McCain...and a third is another jerk Flake. The Senate needs some cushion. This will help.
The VW gov is a Democrat so he will not appoint a Republican. In fact, he'll probably get pressure from the DNC and Schumer to appoint someone worse than Manchin knowing it'll be temporary.
And Manchin is not some Republican in waiting. He's a Dem that happens to like guns but knows that if he didn't start to distance himself from Reid & Co. he'd get bounced next cycle.
For crying out loud, not every move Trump makes is some stroke of genius with an intelligent backdrop that has some clandestine ending to advance the party. His putting up that Munchkin guy and giving a kick back to McConnell with his wife are proof that sometimes he's playing politics. Pure and simple.
Independent thought, try it.
Won’t happen. The replacement senator would be appointed by the new incoming governor to serve the remaining term which is two years and the possibilit6y of reelection. Manchin will not be reelected in 2018.
Nailed it.
Strategery.
The seat would be filled by the governor of WV. He’s a Democrat. I doubt he would appoint a Republican. Aside from the fact that Manchin is a lying opportunist whose daughter is a corporate thug. I sure hope this doesn’t happen.