Maybe he thinks he’ll never lose his Senate seat. Oklahoma voters will have to decide that for him. Oklahoma was the only state in the union during the 2008 election in which all of its counties voted RED. (McCain/Palin) Perhaps the good voters of that state need to put a fire under their boy.
Senator Coburn's term is up in 2016 and he has announced that he will not be a candidate for reelection.
Manchin has purportedly been involved in negotiations with leadership on both sides with respect to coal legislation. Obviously, there is more to the issue than coal from our point of view however there is some room to believe that he might in fact change parties.
Problem is that if his vote is the last vote, his bargaining power with the Dems is so great that they would promise anything; and if his vote is not the last vote, it is worth something to the R's only if he is also there on court nominees and other important issues.
Gov. Palin didn’t say anything negative against Sen. Manchin when she campaigned for the guy that was running against him.
Gov. Palin had worked with Gov. Manchin. As I remember Gov. Manchin has never said anything negative about Gov. Palin.