HP for retiring when she did. What's the point of amassing a conservative Democrat voting record when you're just going to head for the hills when the going gets tough?
Tell that to Joe Manchin too.
It wouldn't have mattered whether Manchin ran this year in the slightest, lmao. Democrats would be slaughtered with or without Manchin...only difference would be a 20-point Republican landslide rather than a 40-point landslide.
I agree. My point is that he undermined so much of Biden's agenda t seemingly come across as "moderate" only for that not to matter since he won't be facing voters again. If his last term was spent being more progressive, I'd be more forgiving.
He reportedly had gubernatorial ambitions or sought to leave that door open. It's also possible he was thinking he might run again for re-election too. Having an ultra-progressive voting record would have destroyed his chances in either.
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