Elections Smokin' Joe Manchin believes he can dribble past Kamala Harris & slam dunk on Trump for the Pres Nominee

[Rhood]

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.V.) is considering running against Vice President Harris for the Democratic nomination.
A source familiar with Manchin confirmed that the West Virginia senator is considering reregistering as a Democrat to seek the nomination.

The news was met with immediate skepticism from Harris allies and others in the party: “Joe Manchin is delusional if he thinks that there’s an appetite for a candidate like him in this Democratic Party today against a Black woman,” one person told Semafor.

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/21/joe-manchin-democrat-presidential-run-bid

Joe Manchin weighs run against Kamala Harris | Semafor

The centrist independent would return to the Democratic party in this scenario.

www.semafor.com

 

[HereticBD]

The old man has a dream. Let him have it.

That said, if Kamala is stupid enough to agree to a primary, she's gonna get beat by damn near everyone in the field.

 

[Rob Battisti]

The old man has a dream. Let him have it.

That said, if Kamala is stupid enough to agree to a primary, she's gonna get beat by damn near everyone in the field.

She has no say, it is going to be a contested nomination at the convention outside of Godbama coming in and telling everyone to know their role and shut their mouth.

 

[HereticBD]

She has no say, it is going to be a contested nomination at the convention outside of Godbama coming in and telling everyone to know their role and shut their mouth.

I honestly don't know what happens next. Biden won his "primary". She hasn't won shit.

Some congressional lawyers are not having a good time right now.

 

[Barteh]

I honestly don't know what happens next. Biden won his "primary". She hasn't won shit.

Some congressional lawyers are not having a good time right now.

I think it's pretty clear with the process they already have in place that the DNC delegates get to vote for who the new nominee is going to be. I don't see much controversy there.

 

[Ares Black]

What an absolute clown Joe Manchin is.

 

[Kingz]

Get lost Joe

 

[Poon Goon]

Get lost Joe

Yeah he should buzz off

 

[Barteh]

Originally somebody named Joe was going to be the nominee. He's named Joe I well, so I say they give it to him. Smokin' Joe sounds better than Senile Joe anyway.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Manchin absolutely destroys Trump head to head

 

[Fluffernutter]

I honestly don't know what happens next. Biden won his "primary". She hasn't won shit.

Some congressional lawyers are not having a good time right now.

Primaries are just a suggestion. The party has the ability to ignore the voting public. The party chooses the nominee during the convention.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

What an absolute clown Joe Manchin is.

I think he has one of the best chances of beating Trump.

 

[HereticBD]

Primaries are just a suggestion. The party has the ability to ignore the voting public. The party chooses the nominee during the convention.

Sounds like it's gonna get pretty awkward...

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Give the younger Joe a shot

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

I think he has one of the best chances of beating Trump.

He absolutely does. He has the a track record showing he can go against the Dems, which makes him look anti establishment. He is as moderate as they come which attracts a lot of the undecided and has the never Trump backers. I think he absolutely smashed Donald head to head. He also probably wins Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

 

[wufabufa]

Man, keep these old fucks away from the Whitehouse.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

He absolutely does. He has the a track record showing he can go against the Dems, which makes him look anti establishment. He is as moderate as they come which attracts a lot of the undecided and has the never Trump backers. I think he absolutely smashed Donald head to head.

I wonder if Kamala would be willing to take a back seat. I'd prefer replacing her entirely with someone like Jeffries that's well spoken and doesn't have as much baggage but we'll see how it all plays out. With Trump successfully delaying his court cases and this whole Project 2025 I think it's time for everyone to be willing to make sacrifices to defend our democracy.

 

[Kingz]

He absolutely does. He has the a track record showing he can go against the Dems, which makes him look anti establishment. He is as moderate as they come which attracts a lot of the undecided and has the never Trump backers. I think he absolutely smashed Donald head to head.

He wouldn’t beat Trump but all the stuff you mentioned as positive would be precisely why democrats would never select him. He’s an ACTUAL moderate. They’re looking for somebody that only passes as moderate to the normies. Not somebody that regularly votes against democrats and holds several right wing social positions and environmentalist positions..despite him streamlining that god awful “inflation reduction act”

Biden passed as moderate but was propped up as the head of a more far left admin than Obama.

Sure, Manchin would be the choice of Adam Kinzinger and the Lincoln Project but that won’t satiate the democrats.

 

[traditionally_irreverent]

I wonder if Kamala would be willing to take a back seat. I'd prefer replacing her entirely with someone like Jeffries that's well spoken and doesn't have as much baggage but we'll see how it all plays out. With Trump successfully delaying his court cases and this whole Project 2025 I think it's time for everyone to be willing to make sacrifices to defend our democracy.

Good luck with that. The optics of supplanting a strong independent black female vp for president is at odds with Dems diversity 1st message.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

He wouldn’t beat Trump but all the stuff you mentioned as positive would be precisely why democrats would never select him. He’s an ACTUAL moderate. They’re looking for somebody that passes as moderate to the normies. Not somebody that regularly votes against democrats and holds several right wing social positions and environmentalist positions..despite him streamlining that god awful “inflation reduction act”

Biden passed as moderate but was propped up as the head of a more far left admin than Obama.

Sure, Manchin would be the choice of Adam Kinzinger and the Lincoln Project but that won’t satiate the democrats.

Are dems going stay home? The never trumpers are a large coalition. Maybe the leftists will huff and puff but at the end of the day, they do what they do best, eat shit