Manchin would never leave the democrats. He’s in the car birds seat as far as demanding more graft and bigger payoffs. As the only “moderate swing” vote (yeah, right) he could appear to waiver while demanding more and more from leadership.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a “moderate” for sale to the highest bidder.
West Virginia is fast becoming a solid RED state. Screwing over union workers (War on Coal) is one big reason.
When does Manchin come up for election again?