Posted on 09/01/2023 1:44:44 PM PDT by buckalfa
Manchin has got to be one of the most vulnerable Democrats facing reelection in 2024.
It’s irritating about Moore Capito. A demonstration that It’s all about name recognition, one’s performance in office is irrelevant. Moore Capito is Shelly Capito’s son, the deceased & former jailed governor’s Arch Moore’s grandosn. Warner & Morrissey have done great jobs in their respective state wide elected positions. It seems sometimes people prefer a ruling class then ruling themselves. I think Moore Capito is on his 2nd House of delegate term.
“Way to early but this shows Joe Manchin in trouble.”
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Will West Virginia finally wise up to Manchin’s dissembling? He’s fooled them before.
I think Justice will beat him. Mooney’s the better MAGA choice but WV’ians are impressed by the rich. He’s actually been a decent governor. Justice will win the primary and go on to beat Manchin. Mooney should have stayed in the House and waited for a shot at Capito or even Justice again. His health isn’t good!
Shelly Capito who defines RINO, needs to go before its turned into “family” property. She has two sons both in the state legislature who are after political careers. One may end up as governor this election cycle.
Repeal the 17th Amendment!
State legislatures can’t do worse!
Maybe Mooney should shift to running for Governor instead. Justice really should not be running for Senator. Too old.
So you prefer democrats
I think it’s too late!
How did you draw that conclusion?
Read what I type not what you prefer that I had typed!
POLLED average of 8 voters per county????????
Actually, they could do far worse. We’d never have a fiscal Conservative Senator again. They’d be wall-to-wall RINOs working for the Derp State Establishment (anti-Trumpers).
Completely disagree! It worked well until it got caught up in Wilson’s progessiveism. The main complaint and only legitimate one was the state legislatures were slow to fill vacancies. One of its virtues is, it forces people to treat their state legislatures seriously. That’s something we don’t do!
It sounds good - on paper - but in theory, it would be disadvantageous to us now. You wouldn’t get a Senate that resembled the 19th century leaders. Take a look at some ostensibly Conservative states, like Texas, where the Speaker is a RINO, who succeeded another left-wing RINO. If these states can’t even elect a non-corrupt RINO Derp Stater to lead their legislatures, you think they’ll elect an uncorruptable Conservative to the U.S. Senate ? You’d get nothing but corrupt hacks accountable to nobody but these Derp State legislative solons.
“I think Justice will beat him.”
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I hope he does but the Dem Senate Campaign Committee filed suit to get his schedule and calendar, including those of his his staff. Dems play dirty and will go after him hard in the hopes of tarnishing him in the eyes of West Virginians. Hope he’s ready for the onslaught.
Even then they wouldn’t be worse than what we have now!
I bet all your Texas examples have been in office forever. It behooves us to pay attention to who we put in the legislature. More than two terms it’s time to send them home!
The legislature is the government closest to us and the one where we have the best chance influencing. It’s up to us, we don’t make the effort someone else will to our detriment!
I’ve analyzed this proposal many times. It’s been brought up by many on FR over the years. Sadly, it would manage to be worse than what we have now (and yes, that is possible to be worse - far worse). The last thing you want is political Derp State hacks choosing your elected officials. Especially my state legislators (House & Senate), both of whom are Communists. I have literally zero input with them.
Not in my state! In many other states that wouldn’t be true!
In your state you might actually get rotation in office even if it’s another Leftist Rat. That’s still better than the same slug term after term.
Anyway, I’m not going to argue anymore about it.
Again, that would just be like California, which instituted term limits in the 1990s. It helped Republicans, for all of 5 minutes, and then beginning in 1996, it was all over. All Communist hacks and puppets rotating, one indistinguishable from another.
Conceivably, too, at least with popular elections you have a chance at getting a Republican in a Demonrat state. With the state legislatures, you’d immediately never get one again in CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, & WA. 18 states and quite possibly more. In closer states, you’d also have a situation where RINOs would vote to elect the Demonrat nominees over non-Derp State Republicans. You’re stuck with that trash for 6 years, and then they just do it again at the next election, ad infinitum.
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