And sadly, numerous FReepers still buy the propaganda that he's an "honorable" and "patriotic" Democrat one of the "old fashioned conservative Democrats still left" and can likely be wooed to switch parties any day now, blah blah blah...
One FReeper even told me he'd vote for Manchin over Romney. I said "vote for the guy who ran as the "NRA endorsed candiate" and THEN stabbed gun-owners in the back and voted for the RATS gun grabbing bill? HELL NO!
Manchin needs to be swiftly defeated by an ACTUAL conservative. The fact he's slightly less socialist than the other RATS in no way makes him an "honorable, patriotic" Dim.
Swiftly? Sadly the next election is in 57 months.
And he may be a retiree, late 70’s.
I think he ended his chance at being Governor again.