Manchin voted against the Trump tax law and to keep Obamacare. He's a liberal Democrat. He's also up for reelection this year in a state that Trump carried in 2016 with 68.5% of the vote to 26.4% for Clinton. Manchin calculated that if he voted NO on Kavanaugh he would lose his Senate seat. He's a clever politician, but I hope he loses anyway.

It's just 1982 in West Virginia. Give them a break.?

I agree with what you say. I live in West Virginia, and the only reason I've ever voted for him was when the people running against him were even worse.

He is a republican and should not be supported for the democratic party.

He lives in, and represents, a very republican state and is up for re-election in November. I can understand he wants to represent his constituents, but I don't really like it.

I am going to try to take comfort in the idea that the losers in the Supreme Court battle will likely do better in the mid terms, as voter turnout mid terms are usually driven by anger and those who are upset.

Manchin is no more to blame for Kavenaugh's confirmation than the other 50 senators who voted "yes."

Didn't he vote "no" on the repeal of the affordable care act?

We lost this one but let's keep our eyes on the ball: a Democratic takeover of congress in 2018!

Just a couple of things. I am in basic agreement with your post.
I do believe he's calling himself a democrat, when he absolutely tends to
support republican positions.
My primary issue with your post is that simply calling oneself a "democrat" does not automatically make one a "liberal". Not even close.
It's the same as assuming that all republicans are conservatives, which is
also not true.

Please don't consider this an attack against you, I assure you that it is not.
It's just a real point of contention for me that too many people falsely assume
that "democrat" automatically means "liberal", and "republican" automatically
means "conservative".

That fallacy is a huge part of what has been used to divide us.
We are far more than just either/or, and it's not as black and white as those using our differences against us would have us believe.

When I see it, I feel compelled to point it out and explain why it's incorrect.
It's the only way I have to work toward correcting what's gone so wrong.

"The Haunted Manchin"

I see what you did there. LOL (Manchin/Mansion)

hahahahahaha you win the internet today

he is a horrible necessity. i wish he would get his ass primaried, but the fact is, he was not primaried; he won his primary. so now we most desperately need a blue majority. what's the difference, you might ask, since he's going to vote with the repugs anyway. the difference is in how the senate itself will behave with a blue majority. the difference will be in what there is to vote on, and how much info the senators get about each bill instead of voting blind. a blue senate could and would order a REAL fbi investigation, or a real senate investigation, and write real bills. people like manchin wouldn't be put in charge of committees. he's just be a blue tushie in a seat that needs to be blue. did i mention horrible necessity? maybe the alternative, an actual republican from west virginia, would not make a difference in terms of that one vote, but the blue tushie would make a WORLD of difference. only in a red senate could manchin's bad votes be so devastating.

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