Is Machin angling for a Presidential run? Would you support him if he won the nomination?

[fescuerescue]

Starting to wonder about this guy.

[Budi]

1. He's not angling for a Pres run. Ffs.

🙄

[LenaBaby61]

17. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[lagomorph777]

38. Dems hate him. There's no way he'd ever win the nomination.

[Budi]

45. He knows better. And Pres ain't his type of gig.

[Trueblue1968]

49. I CAN'T POST MY OPINION. i guess you all know that would be a big XX from me

[Hav]

2. Angling for a presidential run by angering Dems? (n/t)

[JohnSJ]

3. No. He enjoys the power he has

[msongs]

4. the republican nomination? nt

[LoisB]

5. As a Republican?

[fescuerescue]

36. Well I would assume as a Dem

But who knows.

[totodeinhere]

46. No, as much as most Democrats hate him, he would not be crazy enough to suit the Republicans.

And he voted to remove Trump twice. In truth, he could not win the nomination of either party.

[TDale313]

6. I would fight like hell for anyone but him in the Primaries

If it’s him v any Republican in the general, I’d hold my nose and vote for him, but I don’t think he has enough support among Dems to get the nomination

[texasfiddler]

7. No he is angling for more corporate campaign dollars. He is more valuable as a Democrat

He has to show performative defiance against those who oppose corporate and business greed and interests.

[Haggard Celine]

8. If the election were held tomorrow and he was a candidate,

he wouldn't even carry his home state. So no, he's not running for another office. I don't think he will even run for Senator again.

[Vinca]

9. The only thing Manchin is angling for is to keep the large pile of cash from his big coal

investments growing bigger and bigger and bigger. It's a shame West Virginia isn't covered in solar panels instead of nasty coal mines. Manchin would be all in then if he could bring in the odd million or so a year from it.

[Haggard Celine]

11. That's it. He's setting himself up for retirement.

[lagomorph777]

40. Yup - and seriously we should pay coal/gas/Manchin to build wind/solar in WV.

We could buy him and them off, get them out of the damned way, and do some good!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. I'd say we can all relax and not worry about this.

[Ocelot II]

12. Very unlikely. I'm sure he knows very well that he wouldn't have

a snowball's chance in Hell of even getting the nomination, and anyhow he has a lot more power as a single senator who can torpedo the entire party if they don't kiss his ass.

[Caliman73]

13. Manchin will never be anything more than Senator from W. Virginia.

If he is looking to run as a Democrat for the Presidency, I can with 99% certainty, say that it will never happen. He will not win against any halfway moderate Democrat. If he is thinking of switching parties and running as a Republican, there are much crazier candidates in that party and that seems to be what the GOP is looking for.

He is angling to keep the coal business that pays him half a million a year and the other companies that pay his campaign coffers the money he needs to stay Senator of WV, alive and well.

[FBaggins]

14. No and no

He wouldn’t be a viable candidate outside of WV.

[gohuskies]

15. Manchin is not a serious presidential candidate

His stubborn obstruction to right the ship is putting the nation at risk along with Sinema, they are handing control of the political agenda to the rethuglicants who clearly choose dictatorship over real governance. Manchin is for special interests and not for the majority of Americans. I will not support any run for President by Manchin. He is showing where his loyalties really reside.

[mahina]

16. Disagree and hell no

Oligarchs already have enough power, more then.

[totodeinhere]

18. No offence, but I think that question is bogus.

Manchin would never win the Democratic nomination in a million years.

[lagomorph777]

41. Yeah, he's doing everything he can think of to alienate Democrats.

[elleng]

19. No.

No.

[Historic NY]

20. He hasn't got the backing.

he better worry about staying in the Senate.

[leftstreet]

21. Would he be running as a Democrat or a GOPer?

[madinmaryland]

22. He'll do about as well as "JoeMo" Lieberman!

[BlueCheeseAgain]

23. He's 74 years old.

No, he's not angling for a presidential run.

[DFW]

25. Considering the ages of three of the contenders in the last presidential race, including the winner

I wouldn't use being 74 years old as a disqualifying factor any more.

[DFW]

24. Neither Machin, nor his evil twin, Manchin, will be running for President

So no one has to worry about supporting him for anything other than the position he holds now.

[Walleye]

26. He is simply drunk on his own power and corruption

[Crunchy Frog]

27. I don't see how he could possibly get the Democratic nomination.

I don't believe he's delusional enough to try.

[budkin]

28. No and HELL NO

NO

[Under The Radar]

29. As a democrat he is damaged goods and stopped global warming legislation

As a MAGAt he voted for impeachment, as an independent he can’t raise enough money for $1billion race and Mitch McConnell wants to crush him. He has a lot of work to do to shore up relationships either way.

[ColinC]

30. If he won the nomination, sure.

But I'm starting to wonder if he would even win WV

[Aristus]

31. He won't survive a primary election.

Repukes want a candidate who's not afraid of the Republican moniker, and Democrats want a real Democrat. West Virginia ranks at the bottom of so many lists in this country; I'm sure 'ability to influence a national election' is probably one of them.

[Voltaire2]

32. No.

I have limits.

[markpkessinger]

33. If the Democratic Party ever nominated him . . .

. . . that would be the day I would leave the party.

[kacekwl]

34. Never

ever.

[CrackityJones75]

35. HAHAHAHAHA WUT?

How do you figure that?

[MineralMan]

37. Of course not. Why would he even think of doing that?

Surely he knows that the Presidency is completely out of his reach. Plus, it's MANCHIN, not MACHIN. Geez!

[Wounded Bear]

39. Ugh...

[scarytomcat]

42. NO chance

he is against all I stand for

[Hotler]

43. Fuck no! ..................... nt

[themaguffin]

44. No, he is not.

[roamer65]

47. Hell no.

[denbot]

48. Ain't happening..

Not in a million years..

[Polybius]

50. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema vs. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins

Who would be more angry, Democrats or Republicans?

[Skittles]

51. I would pick him over any repuke

but it would be like picking the better Menendez brother

[dalton99a]

52. Zero chance that fucker will run.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

53. There is no possibility of Manchin ever being nominated. nt