Posted on 04/09/2023 5:14:43 PM PDT by bitt
An independent run by West Virginia senator would be reminiscent of Ross Perot's disruptive '92 bid.
Sen. Joe Manchin has been courting top-level political donors in recent weeks while remaining coy about running for another term representing West Virginia, stoking speculation he might wage a third-party challenge in the 2024 presidential race that could siphon Democrat votes from Joe Biden.
An adviser to major GOP donors told Just the News this week that Manchin recently spent time with some big name conservative funders,
"Joe Biden has gone so far to the left. And sometimes it seems like Sen. Manchin is all alone in the Senate, except when (Arizona Sen.) Kyrtsen Sinema occasionally joins him. But really there are five to seven other Democrats who feel just like him," the adviser said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was referencing private discussions. "He just has the courage of his convictions to drive his decisions."
"There are a number of conservatives who have spent time with Sen. Manchin. They were actually hoping he would switch to the Republican Party," the adviser added. "Now the Senator hasn't said this but it's been suggested by others that he might have (switched) if Mitch McConnell wasn't the GOP leader. An independent run might be the next best thing."
The aforementioned anonymous adviser isn't the only source pushing the idea of a Manchin for President campaign. Politico ran an article last month speculating about the West Virginia Democrat's future, stating that he still has time to make a decision on whether or not to make an independent run at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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If he runs, he’ll run in the dem primary.
Oft times, Manchin’s bark is worse (and a lot louder) than his long belated bites, so jury remains out on this hypothesis.
It’ll be popcorn time if/when RFJ, Jr., finally files his papers. He’ll give Biden a run for his money, I think. It could be interesting.
Nonsense. He is “Looking” for something from his fellow Democrats to “Keep”
him from running 3rd party.
In time, that “something” will be revealed.
If Manchin runs as a third-party candidate, he’s likely to draw a lot of the never-Trumper RINO crowd. He could hurt either Trump or DeSantis far more than Biden.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
That assumes never Trumpers will vote for him over Biden.
Nonsense fantasizing by mediocre right-wing bloggers with no sources, sort of on the level of MSNBC anchors speculating about how Melania is mad at Trump.
I don’t think the “never-Trumper-RINO-crowd” would be voting for Trump anyway.
Sounds too good to be true. I’ll believe it when I see it.
I read the other day that RFJ DID file.
I remember the Ross Perot election. He might have won, but I heard Hillary sent him a full set of “Dead Kennedys” albums just as a gift of course.
he tried to put protection in place and rejoin the race, but it was too late.
Joe is an idiot. Why else would he be a dem? Maybe he can do for O’Biden what Ross Perot did for the Clintons!
No way.
He will just take a payoff (a la Bernie Sanders).
IMO
Thus guy is a joke. He got played by the dimocraps like a bad fiddle to the detriment of West Virginia.
Wouldn’t this insure Biden’s reelection? Manchin isn’t going to get democrat votes he might even cost the Republicans West Virginia.
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