Manchin is in a bad way. The Democrat party has turned as strongly against coal as it is for abortion. And they do not tolerate dissension or disagreement. The old Klansman, Robert Byrd was powerful enough to try and protect coal, but now that he is simmering in a vat of lava somewhere, Manchin has neither the pull or the juice to protect coal.
So he can but hope that the onerous Romney wins, and legalizes coal again, though truthfully the onerous Romney is probably on the MMGW bandwagon along with Obama.
Yet it all comes down to the West Virginians. If they are dumb enough to vote themselves a Great Depression, then none should stand between them and their Democrat disaster. Kind of a shame, really, but if people are bound and determined to ruin themselves, it’s just best to stay out of the way.
He is in trouble. He has lost the West Virginian's for Life endorsement because of his support for Obamacare.