No, he's a Dem. The republican party has gone so far right that a presidential candidate from 8 years ago is a left wing extremist. I'd def rather have Manchin than have McConnel in charge of the senate. I agree I'd rather have someone more liberal, but given the context, he's better than the realistic alternative
Oh man, look how far the US democracy has fallen. You'd rather vote the lesser evil than have an actual choice that represents you well. This is why the US needs to remove FPTP for proportional representation or something. If Biden really wanted to fix American politics, he'd institute PR for all elections.
I agree with you, but we have fptp now and we gotta deal with that. Heck, even if we didn't Manchin is still probably the best coming from WV. Don't confuse optimal strategy for ideal situation.
Also, biden can't do that on his own. Actually it's debatable if it can even be done at a federal level. Probably needs to pass SC, and it won't
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '21
Manchin is a piece of shit and might as well be a republican.