TBLee
Senator
Well this sure puts an interesting spin on the next election cycle..
Joe Manchin is out…..
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Colorforms
Senator
I'm sure all the death threats were a factor in his decision making as well. Right wingers are used to it, but lefties tend to be a bit squeamish about it. Especially when they're coming from their own side.
EatTheRich
President
Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s (reuters.com)
Of the 14 fatal political attacks since the Capitol riot in which the perpetrator or suspect had a clear partisan leaning, 13 were right-wing assailants. One was on the left.
Bugsy McGurk
President
It sure did get more interesting. He faced a tough re-election next year and there probably isn't another Dem there that can win it in a POTUS election cycle.
and will be replaced by a Republican
I'm guessing he comes out as 3rd party as Jill Stein did
I'm guessing he won't because he knows he won't win and the winner won't want to have anything to do with him afterwards.
RickWA
The Pissant Snagglesooth
As you can see, lefty is Joe Liebermaning/Zell Millering Manchin now. Much like fundamentalist radical Islamist nutcases…the worst thing one can do is exit the faith (and fail to practice abject dogmatic adherence to every syllable of canon).
Yep. Feculent lefty is festering.
Zam-Zam
Senator
He's fed up with both parties.
In his own words:
Why I Won’t Be Seeking Re-Election to the Senate
Both parties have come under the domination of the extremes. I want to find a better way.
I have always been a responsible pro-life advocate, but polls and elections like this week’s ballot initiative in Ohio show that most Americans want the balance found for the past 50 years in Roe v. Wade.
So last year I pushed for a bill that would have codified the 1973 ruling into law. At the time, Democrats controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress. We should have had the votes to pass the bill.
But the Senate Democratic leadership and the majority of the caucus refused to allow a vote on the floor because they wanted to expand abortion rights beyond Roe v. Wade. They put politics over the will of the people.
Later that year, the same thing happened on the other side of the aisle with a bill to reform energy permitting. America’s energy security is and will continue to be threatened without such a law, and passing one has long been a Republican priority. This time the Republican Senate leadership and the majority of their caucus killed the bill because they were angry that I had helped pass an energy-security bill they didn’t like. Again, they put politics over the will of the people.
Like the Democrats on abortion, Republicans refused to take yes for an answer. Both events demonstrated the kind of self-defeating political tribalism that has become all too common in Washington.
Why I Won’t Be Seeking Re-Election to the Senate - WSJ
Seems like he has a point, no?
Colorforms
Senator
About two-thirds of the politically violent incidents documented by Reuters were assaults by lone assailants or clashes between rival groups at public events, such as demonstrations over police killings, abortion and transgender rights. The rest involved substantial property damage, often associated with social justice protests and frequently attributed by police to left-wing militants.
Hmmmm
EatTheRich
President
Yup. What that quote indicates, in context, is that the police are deliberately pinning attacks by right-wingers on left-wingers in an effort to protect the state and the elites it represents from the left-wing activism threatening it.
TBLee
Senator
I think that is a possibility
Is Liebermaning/Zell Millering the same as Cheneying/Kinzingering someone?
