Posted on 10/27/2010 7:01:58 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
NEWELL, W. Va. — Governor Joe Manchin is running what seems to be a classic Republican campaign for the US Senate in West Virginia.
He blasts “Obamacare,’’ files a lawsuit against environmental laws, and — literally — fires a bullet at a mock-up of climate-change legislation. He boasts of his endorsement by the US Chamber of Commerce, his A rating from the libertarian Cato Institute, and his conservative fiscal credentials.
The catch: Manchin is the Democratic nominee. And even this effort to distance himself from President Obama and his own party hasn’t assured him of victory in the Mountain State.
Republican nominee John Raese, meanwhile, is so determined to be seen as the most conservative candidate that he has said he is running to the political right of the Tea Party movement. The businessman and former state party chairman wants to eliminate the minimum wage, calls global warming a myth, and says the health care bill is the worst piece of legislation ever passed by Congress.
While the tight contest here hasn’t received as much publicity as Tea Party-infused races elsewhere, it could be pivotal in the broader bid to control the Senate. A recent CNN/Time poll found the race tied at 44 percent, with a candidate from the liberal Mountain Party, Jesse Johnson, favored by 5 percent, which could take away votes from Manchin.
If Manchin loses the special election for the seat long held by the late Robert C. Byrd, it would mark the first time Democrats have failed to control both of West Virginia’s Senate seats in 50 years. Because it is a special election, the winner will be seated immediately, meaning a Raese victory would boost the GOP during the lame-duck session that could decide the fate of the Bush-era tax cuts.
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The entire country is shifting hard right.
All just acts of posturing. If he's elected to the Senate, he'll be on his knees to Reid and 0bama faster than you can say "Fool'd ya!"
Next is socialist Jay Rockefeller.
He claims he’s going to ‘retire’. I’ll be helping him to do it. He’s absolutely as radical as Obama. People just weren’t paying attention. Abortion abhors most West Virginians, they didn’t realize Rockefeller is as pro abortion as Obama.
Rockefeller is as anti America as Kennedy was.
I say
WELCOME, SENATOR RAESE!
New Rasmussen poll shows Manchin leading Raese now.
Not good. Need send money to Raese.
He retires...
FYI..article today in WSJ..hints that if Manchin does manage to win..he might the switch to the GOP..give them the majority..because NO WAY he can win as a Dem in 2012 with Obama atop the ticket..
Why would he bow to Reid? Reid won’t even have a seat!
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