Would Joe Manchin for President attract Moderates / Independents? (1 Viewer)

[SteveSBrickNJ]

If the Nov. 2024 ballot was DNC President Biden and GOP Donald Trump, I would certainly avoid both of them and look for another candidate.
I just came across an online article that Senator Joe Manchin is CONSIDERING becoming a 3rd Party candidate.
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‘Terrible idea’: Fellow Dems try to stop Manchin's presidential flirtation

Many are skeptical he'll mount a third-party White House bid. They also fear it could hand the GOP both the Senate and the White House if he does.

www.yahoo.com

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Naturally his fellow Democrats would not like that.
#1 West Virginia would possibly elect a Republican to be their next Senator
#2 Manchin wouldn't win the presidency and he'd pull more votes from Biden than he would from Trump.
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I'd CONSIDER voting for Manchin. IF he ran...AND the media gave him any "air time", then I think he'd make things interesting.
Historically, Most 3rd Party Candidates were names that MOST "regular folks" never heard of. Ross Perrot was an exception.
But again, my point is that most 3rd party candidates have received such a small number of votes because no one knew them and everyone knew they had no chance.
Senator Joe Manchin DOES have name recognition going for him.
When Biden's term began, I think there was some publication that called Joe Manchin: "The Most Powerful Man In Washington". An exaggeration of course, but he often "held the keys" to IF a Biden backed bill passed or it didn't.
Anyway, what say you about anything I've posted here?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So hopefully this thread can drop into retirement like Manchin.

 

[Incumbent]

Update.
Manchin will NOT run for President.
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Sen. Joe Manchin says he won't run for president but calls for Democratic "mini primary" now that Biden's out

Sen. Joe Manchin, a longtime Democrat-turned-independent, told "CBS Mornings" he won't be running for president.

www.cbsnews.com

Correct. This was updated hours ago.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Correct. This was updated hours ago.

He has a fetish for his stuff being at the top of the forum...

(shirt. And I just contributed... )

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

He has a fetish for his stuff being at the top of the forum...

(shirt. And I just contributed... )

No fetish. I got home from a trip to Costco and just posted without backing up in the thread to see if someone else had already covered that update.
Lazy on my part.
Sorry.

 

[Incumbent]

No fetish. I got home from a trip to Costco and just posted without backing up in the thread to see if someone else had already covered that update.
Lazy on my part.

I’m gonna have some understanding for anybody who just returned from a Costco trip. That parking lot is something else, at least here.

 

[DaveXA]

No fetish. I got home from a trip to Costco and just posted without backing up in the thread to see if someone else had already covered that update.
Lazy on my part.
Sorry.

Costco? I feel your pain. Lmao.

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

Costco? I feel your pain. Lmao.

As Nixon used to say:
"Let me be perfectly clear"
It's not Costco's fault that I was lazy and didn't back up in the thread.
It was my fault.
I'm just glad Manchin didn't go forward because it would not have accomplished anything good.

 

[LA - L.A.]

While at the same time making a pitch for an open competition at the convention. And saying he thinks he speaks for all Americans. No, Joe, you most definitely do not, lol. Go away.

He doesn't even speak for most Democrats. NPD and those delusions of grandeur.

 

[LA - L.A.]

He has a fetish for his stuff being at the top of the forum...

(shirt. And I just contributed... )

He does seek out attention and approval a lot. He once asked me in one thread why I hadn't commented on a post he made in another thread that had nothing to do with me.