Manchin vs. Raese

Joe Manchin (4.00 / 1)

Joe Manchin says he wants to represent all West Virginians. Since the majority of West Virginians oppose MTR, when is he going to represent us?

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 02:23:18 AM UTC

A couple of thoughts (4.00 / 2)

1. Our government is a representative republic but there are those that are slave masters to big corporations (Mr. Manchin is one of them) who are confused now about who they represent since SCOTUS deemed corporations people.

2.  I think many voted for Manchin simply because they figured he was going to get it anyway and that voting for someone else would be a wasted vote.

3. Will Manchin continue to distance himself from Obama? Does he want to distance himself from:

a) requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
b) expanding coverage on children up to the age of 25
c) equal pay for women
d) expand funding to train primary care health providers
e) closing the donut hole in the Medicaare Prescription drug program
f) Expanding the Veterans Administration's number of "centers of excellence" in specialty care
g) removing combat troops from Iraq and eventually removing any permanent bases from there

I could make a very long list of things that Obama has done for the good of  the people of our state. Despite his accomplishments I doubt  Manchin will associate himself with Obama during the general election.  

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by: sl26 @ Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 14:19:17 PM UTC

[ Parent ]

Although Manchin won the primary (4.00 / 1)

there were actually more people who voted against him (78,173 as of this morning and not including Mt. Party votes) than voted for him (65,799). Manchin might be "popular" with some business owners and Democrats who vote against their own interest, but there are plenty of voters who feel he didn't deserve the nomination.  

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by: wv voice of reason @ Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 15:43:08 PM UTC

Anyone else notice Ken Ward Jr twitter? (0.00 / 0)

He basically was calling Hoppy Kercheval to out himself.

.@HoppyKercheval Where's the acknowledgment that Raese owns MetroNews? (via @bitmapped)    
9:20 PM Aug 28th  via Twitter for iPhone
Kenwardjr

I had been doing the same for weeks, but who am I?

Hoppy, in his commentary Sunday, finally disclosed that he donated $2400 to his boss's run in the primary. Finally. The day after the vote.

Plan on RT Hoppy's political stuff with Raese connection added a much as I can. It's like our own like Faux News here.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 16:01:42 PM UTC