He figures he can’t win? Health problems? I would like to know WHY.
He’s 76. Maybe he has had enough feeding at the trough.
West Virginia (just across the Ohio from me) is getting redder. The War on Coal already flipped Ohio District 6, where I live.
Papa Joe isn’t running because he’s projected to lose to Jim Justice. Manchin likes to brag that he’s never lost a race. So, he’s pulling out so he doesn’t lose to Justice.
My guess is he’s going to run as
an independent in the general.
He knows he can’t win in his next
state election.