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Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party

John Fea   |  May 31, 2024

He is now an independent. Here is Politico: Sen. Joe Manchin is registering as an independent, according to a person familiar with the matter — a move that is sure to stoke speculation he could run for Senate or governor […]

Could we see a Manchin-Romney ticket in 2024?

John Fea   |  February 16, 2024

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin may be launching a third-party bid for president in 2024 as the candidate of the bipartisan No Labels organization. And he also may be picking Mitt Romney as a running mate. Or maybe none of […]

Romney announces he will not run in 2024. What does this mean for Senate centrists?

John Fea   |  September 15, 2023

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will step away from his U.S. Senate seat after his term is over in January 2025. He will not seek re-election in 2024. Over at Politico, Burgess Everett asks what Romney’s departure, and the […]

Joe Manchin is 13 points behind Jim Justice in potential 2024 West Virginia U.S. Senate race

John Fea   |  September 2, 2023

According to a new poll, West Virginia governor Jim Justice leads incumbent Joe Manchin by thirteen points in the state’s 2024 U.S. Senate race. If Justice wins next November, the GOP will pick-up a seat. Justice is a Republican. Manchin […]

Is West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin running for president?

John Fea   |  July 12, 2023

If Manchin runs as a third-party candidate there is a good chance that Donald Trump or another Republican will be the next president. Here is John Wagner at The Washington Post: Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) plans to headline an […]

Joe Manchin takes his stand on the Hyde Amendment

John Fea   |  October 1, 2021

West Virginia’s Democratic Senator Joe Manchin believes that the United States government should not be in the business of funding abortions. Manchin has made it clear that he will not support Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan because […]

Joe Manchin’s massive ego

John Fea   |  September 17, 2021

Here is Will Bunch’s piece at The Philadelphia Inquirer on the West Virginia Senator who, along with Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, is standing in the way of Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “social infrastructure” bill. As the summer of 2021 comes to […]

Senate passes $3.5 trillion dollar budget framework. Hyde Amendment is saved. Anti-Critical Race Theory amendment passes.

John Fea   |  August 11, 2021

It’s a done deal. Elections have consequences. The American people rejected Trumpism in 2020. Now the Democrats, who rode the anti-Trump wave into office last November, have the power to get some things done. National Public Radio explains what is […]