Joe Manchin hasn’t written off the possibility of running for president. Ross Douthat thinks he should give it a try. Does that make sense?
Let me ask you a different question: how does he distinguish between himself and Biden? As I have stated on many occasions, it was Manchin, not Biden, who was the most powerful Joe in America during the first two years of Biden’s term. Every legislative accomplishment of Biden’s contains Manchin’s fingerprints. Every significant appointment of Biden’s had Manchin’s approval. In short, Biden’s record is Manchin’s, too.
That means, to justify his candidacy, Manchin would have to argue that Biden is secretly woke, and he isn’t. Really? Does he think the American public believes the elderly president is a woke warrior?
LOL.