[Seaplaner]

Only from the (you?) slack-jawed knuckle draggers at FreeRepublic that were braying for Manchin to switch parties.

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[Reno89519]

I don’t think McConnell wanted control of the Senate. Otherwise they would have bent over backwards to work a deal out with Manchin and Sienna to get them to caucus with Republicans. Either one would be more conservative than some of the so-called Republicans in the senate. An opportunity lost.