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To: SeekAndFind

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!


2 posted on 12/01/2016 12:45:24 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

OR he could simply run as a Republican next time, virtually guaranteeing a GOP pickup.


6 posted on 12/01/2016 12:46:48 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Very interesting....
Now THIS is how you play Chess!


9 posted on 12/01/2016 12:47:42 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Buckeye McFrog
AND it opens a WV seat to be filled by a Republican!

Yowza!

16 posted on 12/01/2016 12:53:47 PM PST by Fido969
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To: Buckeye McFrog
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!


No! The problem is West Virginia just elected a Democrat as Governor, so if they pull Manchin out, he would be replaced by a more popular Dem - Manchin has ZERO chance of winning in 2018. For one thing, his daughter is the CEO of the company responsible for raising the price of the EpiPen!

This is the play he needs to use with Heitkamp, from North Dakota, she's pro-oil, and a female, and the Governor is a Republican! Pull her as energy secretary, and have her replaced by a Republican!
19 posted on 12/01/2016 12:55:35 PM PST by MMaschin (The difference between strategy and tactics!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“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.


44 posted on 12/01/2016 1:19:00 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Do all hardcore Trump supporters simply yell “brilliant!” for every appointment he makes?

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.

53 posted on 12/01/2016 1:32:25 PM PST by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

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.


70 posted on 12/01/2016 2:04:39 PM PST by meatloaf (I am still one irritated Vet.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Nailed it.


76 posted on 12/01/2016 3:19:10 PM PST by kabar
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Strategery.


81 posted on 12/01/2016 6:09:14 PM PST by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

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.


82 posted on 12/01/2016 6:43:26 PM PST by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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