Why Joe Manchin's answer on party switching may raise some eyebrows

[Polybius]

Asked about the possibility of a party switch this week, Manchin responded this way:

"I'm caught between the two, but the bottom line is you have to be caucusing somewhere. ... If they asked me to leave, well, I'll just have to say, 'I guess I'll have to abide by your wishes.' ... I don't intend to leave. But I intend to be honest."

Um, OK?

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement of him always staying in the Democratic Party, right?

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[onecaliberal]

1. I don't intend to leave. But I intend to be honest."

🤦🏼‍♀️

[W_HAMILTON]

2. Get a couple more senators in there...

...from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party and let him do whatever the hell he wants -- hell, let him go join Republicans and hopefully he will cause as much trouble for them bending over backwards to our side as he is now doing to us.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

3. Ten seconds spent reading anything by Cillizza is twenty seconds too long.

He epitomizes the worst of politics-as-a-game, clickbait "journalism" these days.

[Irish_Dem]

4. If he is going to be honest, shouldn't he return all the money he takes from special interest groups