Joe Manchin says he won't follow Kyrsten Sinema out the door of the Democratic Party—for now.
not in the near future. But for him to say that definitively would be giving up a key source of his power, which is why you get cagey answers like the one he gave to reporters Monday in response to questions about. “I’ve always looked [at] all these things, but I have no intention of doing anything right now.”Manchin—whose work with Sinema to obstruct the most ambitious parts ofof the two senators’ names—cleared the air in those comments, sort of.
And even that’s not a sure thing; he hasn’t confirmed he’s running in 2024 yet. If he doesn’t, it would seem almost a lock for a Republican to take it. And if he does, he could face one of the toughest reelection battles he’s had. “The only seat we don’t have is Manchin’s,” West Virginia GOP ChairNBC News on Tuesday. “It’s clear that he needs to go. He not only has a target on his back in West Virginia. He has a target on his back nationally.
It’s not clear his 2024 prospects would be better without that “D” next to his name: “Maybe you can all poll that and let me know,” Manchin quipped to reporters Monday. But it is clear that, for all the aggravation, he remains a better option for Democrats than the Republicans seeking to take his place, like RepresentativeTrump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Monday. “But I have a lot of friends who aren’t Washington Republicans, and if a Washington independent is, as I said, more comfortable, you know, we’ll see what happens there. We’ll have to look.”
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