Manchin is retiring, guaranteeing that Republicans will pick up the West Virginia Senate seat.
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Well good bye. You were a pain in the neck sometimes, but thanks for your service. 
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It also guarantees, that even in the worst case scenario, the Senate would be tied 50-50.
Thus Republican now need to win just one seat to control the Senate.
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Cook has already moved West Virginia to Solid Republican.
The last Republican to hold this seat was Chapman Revercomb, who was defeated by Robert Byrd who took office on January 3rd, 1959.
January 3rd, 2025 might also be the first time both West Virginia Senate seats have been Republican since 1958.
Is Ronna McDaniel running the campaign? 
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Fortunately, no. 
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There are no guarantees in politics …
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Does she happen to have a brother who works for a certain fast food chain? 
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Probably sarcasm though aimed at people that hated Manchin.
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Oh shoot, in that case my bad. These days it’s hard to tell.
In a way, sad to see Manchin go.
We need more centrists and less Tuberville’s and AOC’s.
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Manchin is talking about running for POTUS
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Manchin goes to the middle of the road (yellow stripes?) party and drains votes from comrade
Yup.
The recent elections showed us (again) that a single referendum on abortion or marijuana can change voter turn-out enough to change an election.
Dems might eat drink an breathe “hating corporations” or “hating whitey” or “rush rush rush to outlaw gasoline next month,” but they get rejected by mainstream America. . . unless and until they also put abortion or marijuana on the ballot.
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IMO that’s putting the cart before the horse. Pro-choice and pro-pot are mainstream positions especially considering how well they do in red states.
Ergo 
pro-choice 
pro-pot popular among Dems, Repubs and independents someone voting for either pro-choice or pro-pot is not at all a guarantee to also vote for a certain political party.
Picture it this way.
I run for office on a platform of “close the border.” I lose.
I run for office on a platform of “close the border,” again. I lose, again
And again a third time.
Next, everyone knows who I am. I am the “close the border” guy, but I run on platform promising free nose rings and tattoos to anyone who vapes."
I get elected by a 5% majority. Then I close the border.
Same deal with the Dems, just switch around a few issues.
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No labels party.
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Manchin is not a Centrist, he’s a liberal who picks hot button issues to please the folks back home to oppose before he votes for them.
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