I’m surprised Manchin hasn’t crossed party lines
My expectation as well, especially since Gov. Justice has paved the way.
Manchin wants to be the next Bill Clinton! (A Rat nominee for President!) But a Bill Clinton without the zipper problems & the Beelzebub wife. He sees himself as being the moderate pragmatic that all will turn to for President after the “extremes” of the GOP & the Rats. He thinks he can do “1992 Dick Morris Triangulation “ for 2024 (maybe 2020 if Trump falters!) without a Dick Morris or it being 1992. I think he is on a fool’s errand. It’s not 1992, the issues are different, the demographics are different and the emotions are different. Also he does not have Slick Willie charisma. He can probably keep his Senate seat but that’s it. I know for a fact he hates being in the Senate. Prior to the 2016 election he put out feelers about coming back and running for Governor again. He got talked out of it.