Obama wasn't the president in 2004.
Well, that's exactly my point.
The national democratic party is too pro-black for the south.
Are you calling every state that voted for Romney and/or Republican in 2010/2014 racist? Democrats blaming every loss on racism, low turnout, voter fraud, voter suppression, big money, the Kochs, etc. etc. will lead to an even bigger Republican landslide in 2018. You guys will be lucky if there's still a single Democratic Romney state Senator left after the 2018 elections.
Manchin probably survives. But he should have a serious challenger.