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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I don't think committee assignments are going to matter much when they lose the majority shortly. Manchin is thinking a year out now.

Wait until tonight. If Dems lose, the panic begins. [/quote]

He is negotiating with republicans about chairmanships. Rumors say he is going to switch parties in December.[/quote]

Ohhh this is getting good. I wonder what he’d take to NOT switch over? A dead BBB Act maybe?

The Dems would do anything to prevent this - their ability to bring anything to the table or even continue voting in judges is at stake. [/quote]

The only way Manchin switches is if he’s planning to retire from politics entirely after 2024.  It’s an empty threat.[/quote]

I will amend this slightly.  It’s also possible Manchin switches if Democrats have told him they’re done with him - no more committee seats, no more fundraising assistance, no more seat at the table when the real negotiations occur.  If they are preparing to completely ice him out, he may see switching parties as his only possible lifeline, tenuous as it may be.[/quote]

Did you see Sanders deliberately not showing up for a committee vote that Manchin needed today? Its closer than you think.[/quote]

I can’t stand Sanders and his posturing, but good for him on this one.  Manchin totally took for granted that Sanders would have his back even after he made it abundantly clear he will never go anything for Sanders.  So Sanders put him in his place.[/quote]

I bet your tone will change if it escalates and Manchin decides to switch parties. Then its 'How could Manchin abandon us and our judicial appointees at such a crucial time?'

Don't antagonize the man. Don't hold up his committee appointees. Don't put letters to his constituents in West Virginia papers.

You're just asking for trouble.[/quote]

Nah, he won’t switch.  Manchin is gunning for the Dem presidential nomination in 2024.  2018 was too close a race for him, his odds of getting re-elected to the senate in 2024 aren’t good.  If he switches parties he instantly becomes a nobody and Manchin isn’t going to tolerate that (plus he still loses in 2024 running for senate as a Republican as pp explained).  He’s trying to set himself up as the moderate Dem foil to the progressive wing for a presidential run, because otherwise he has no where else to go politically.[/quote]

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