Posted on 09/22/2017 2:56:21 PM PDT by Mafe
Being from West Virginia, Rep. Manchin has had to push back against the coastal Democratic machine from time to time, but this round, the Dems may have gone too far and might be losing one of their Representatives to the Republican side.
We’ve already seen that the Governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, was willing to switch to the Republican side of the aisle, making his announcement at a Trump rally.
Now, it’s looking like Rep. Joe Manchin might do the same. Democrats have already lost the state, both in terms of their wide support for Trump and the loss of the Governorship to the Republicans.
Governor Justice has now endorsed Rep. Manchin for re-election in 2018. And with a Senate vote next week that might overturn ObamaCare, Joe will be put to the test. If Rep. Manchin added his vote to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, he would instantly be lauded for his work in bringing that bit of Republican-promised legislation closer to the President’s desk for approval.
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So, we’ll have another democrat in the Republican Party. This is good?
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He’ll have lots of company. It would be a seamless transition for him. /sarc
I would love to ask McCain if he thinks ANY Republicans will attend his funeral......or will the attendees be only the Democrats to whom he sucked up.
Hopefully it’s not a case of “This Leftism is too strong - time for more Leftist Light from the GOP.” GOP Leftist Light - “isn’t filling and tastes great.”
Dunno why not, there isn’t all that much difference between them.
This could be a good thing.
Give him a chance, he may end up being a better Republican, than some of the RINOs we have in there now.
No evidence for it.
I am optimistic he will switch.
Optimistic. Wishful thinking. To-may-to. To-mah-to.
They hate him. They won’t go either.
Career Flip Flopper ,,,,,,,
True!! :)
But my reasoning is the dems have gone INSANELY left.
You and I know it. This senator knows it.
I think there will be a few defections as the dems keep speeding left at full speed.
“I didn’t leave the democratic party. It left me” said The Great One
Too late, Jojo.
Your acts of treachery and deceit against the country are recorded history.
Go rot with your fellow democrat scumbags.
Mancin is 70 years old. 10-20 years left. As a Democrat does he want the next 6 years of his life to be professionally insignificant? He’d be better off spending more time with his family.
Will he be a RINO?
Like most of the few Democrat Socialists who have “switched” to the GOP just adds one more RINO member to the Republican caucus. An improvement, but most often an “improvement” without a distinction.
Excellent summary of the state of affairs!
Oh, there will be a long line at his funeral, most of whom will have chugged a Big Gulp ahead of time.
Agree completely.
Is this even beneficial? He hasn’t been worthwhile on big issues. Immigration. Wall. Repealing ObamaCare. I’d rather we beat him in 2018 with an actual Conservative
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