I bet the GOP doesn't run anybody serious against Manchin

[MattP]

Having a Dem vote for the GOP works the bipartisan vote angle look out for Hietcamp as well

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. I appreciate the fact both are in a real tough spot but I guess they are better than a Republican.

I could be persuaded else wise. All politics is local.

[putitinD]

2. worse than republicans in my book

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Drumpf won West Virginia by forty three fricking points.

I don't know what I would do if I was Manchin. I probably would speak my mind and lose.

[Yupster]

5. Sometimes there just aren't any good options

Santorum decided not to moderate his views even though the Republicans were going to get trounced in 2006. So he lost by 20 points.

Mark Kirk decided to act as Democratic as he could and lost by 14 points.

Arlen Specter decided to switch parties and was defeated by Joe Sestak in the primary.

Jim Jeffords gave it up and retired.

Sometimes there just aren't any good answers.

It's something Joe Manchin (Trump + 42%), Joe Donnelly (Trump + 19%), Claire McCaskill (Trump + 19%), Jon Tester (Trump + 20%) and Heidi Heitkamp (Trump + 36%) are all thinking about now I'm sure.

[Yavin4]

7. Those Dems you cited don't have a prayer trying to win over Trump voters

They have to stand on principle and lose if need be. This way, when Trump collapses, the fallout won't hit them.

[putitinD]

6. don't forget, "Trump digs coal" ......LOL

they don't even know how much they've been lied to.

[MattP]

3. Not meeting with Obama and saying it's partisan and then meeting with Pence

That was messed up after he already met with Trump