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Originally Posted by rubecube
Manchin is trash and really not all that indistinguishable from corporate nut-hugging Republicans.
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While this may be true, he fills a very needed role: a centre-left Democrat will almost certainly never win a senate seat in West Virginia anytime soon, and a progressive Democrat is even more of a pipe dream. Manchin is electable for his constituents, and without his +1 seat in the D column, we'd be looking at a 51-49 Republican-controlled senate and Moscow Mitch retaining his position as Majority Leader. The winning strategy for Democrats is to run electable moderates in red states and leftist progressive candidates in safe blue states.