WV-SEN 2018: Haunted Manchin

[SnowLabrador]

Do you want Senator Patrick Morrisey? Because this is how you get Senator Patrick Morrisey.

[SnowLabrador]

If Manchin runs for governor again, I will donate to Jim Justice. I never thought I'd say that, but it's true. If he wins, we lose the seat four years early.

[SnowLabrador]

Good point. He is the richest person in West Virginia last I checked.

[SnowLabrador]

Please don't do it, Joe. Of course, he probably couldn't care less that we'd lose the Senate seat.

In all seriousness, though, if he does become Governor again, I think he might not like it as much when Republicans are in control of the legislature. He had a trifecta when he was Governor the first time.

[SnowLabrador]

It would be up to the GOP leadership if they change the law. Right now, it's a Governor appointment. 

They would change the law. And they don't even have to do it during the lame-duck period, since a simple majority can override a veto there. Manchin running for Governor again would be moronic.