• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Manchin is leaving because he knows he can’t win. Moving to the right has failed as a strategy. There is no farther right for the party to go than Manchin. Trying to find an even bigger sellout than Manchin is a fool’s errand.

    A centrist definitely won’t win. The rightmost Democrat in the Senate just admitted he’s unelectable. May as well run a progressive. We just saw a progressive win a statewide race in vermilion Kentucky.

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      1 year ago

      Manchin is leaving because he knows he can’t win.

      Either that, or he sold out to run third party with the enlightened centrists.

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      1 year ago

      It’s possible but I would be stunned.

      Personally, I think this makes the Senate map much more difficult for Dems. While I hate Manchin, I like him more than almost any Republican.

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        1 year ago

        It’s possible but I would be stunned.

        Well, it’s not like the party would ever let it happen anyway.

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          1 year ago

          How’d the progressive win in Kentucky then?

          That said, I agree with you that we should run a progressive. Someone like Manchin had an incredibly slim chance. A progressive has a larger chance of pulling off a win I think.