Paula Jean Swearengin 2020?

[IceSpear]

Would the Senator-elect from West Virginia make a good presidential candidate? Discuss with maps.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

She is not even getting nominated.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

In the extremely unlikely scenario that she manages to win the nomination, the only states she wins are California, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Maryland, and maybe Rhode Island if she's having a really good night.

[Bidenworth2020]

( office Michael no meme gif)

[tosk]

nope.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

At least she's an actual person from West Virginia who's family worked in the mining company instead of a slimey paid off politician.

[IceSpear]

At least she's an actual person from West Virginia who's family worked in the mining company instead of a slimey paid off politician.

Hey, we support the same candidate this time!

Well, in 2019 he'll be a slimy paid off lobbyist instead.

[Edgeofnight]

nice bait thread.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

she wont beat mark cuckerberg in the primary

[nicholas.slaydon]

nice bait thread.

[Sestak]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

[IceSpear]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

[Sestak]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Have you seen Manchin's approvals? Based on those, he certainly has a chance. Especially with the backing of some Republicans.

[IceSpear]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Have you seen Manchin's approvals? Based on those, he certainly has a chance. Especially with the backing of some Republicans.

Doesn't mean anything this early. Pryor and Landrieu also had high approvals in 2013 because they weren't attacked yet. If they're still high in a year, then we can talk.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Have you seen Manchin's approvals? Based on those, he certainly has a chance. Especially with the backing of some Republicans.

Doesn't mean anything this early. Pryor and Landrieu also had high approvals in 2013 because they weren't attacked yet. If they're still high in a year, then we can talk.

It is much easier to defeat an incumbent senator when the incumbent senator shares a political party with the president.  That factor worked against Pryor-AR, Landrieu-LA, Udall-CO, Begich-AK, and Hagan-NC in 2014.  This factor is going to work towards Manchin-WV, Heitkamp-ND, Donnely-IN, Brown-OH, Tester-MT, Nelson-FL and McCaskill-MO in 2018.

[Sestak]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Have you seen Manchin's approvals? Based on those, he certainly has a chance. Especially with the backing of some Republicans.

Doesn't mean anything this early. Pryor and Landrieu also had high approvals in 2013 because they weren't attacked yet. If they're still high in a year, then we can talk.

It is much easier to defeat an incumbent senator when the incumbent senator shares a political party with the president.  That factor worked against Pryor-AR, Landrieu-LA, Udall-CO, Begich-AK, and Hagan-NC in 2014.  This factor is going to work towards Manchin-WV, Heitkamp-ND, Donnely-IN, Brown-OH, Tester-MT, and McCaskill-MO in 2018.

This.

Landrieu and Pryor were destroyed by connection to Obama. There's no clear bogeyman figure to connect to Manchin. His name recognition is extremely high (he was governor) and even some WV GOPers (including Gov. Jim Justice) support him.

[PragmaticPopulist]

This thread is clearly trolling. Don't feed the trolls.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

This logic is the reason Democrats have lost almost all power in government. Why vote for a Republican-lite when you got a Republican to vote for.

[Kamala]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

This logic is the reason Democrats have lost almost all power in government. Why vote for a Republican-lite when you got a Republican to vote for.

Well, I mean, there's obviously a reason both of those "republicans-lite" got elected...Voters prefer them to actual Republicans.

[IceSpear]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Have you seen Manchin's approvals? Based on those, he certainly has a chance. Especially with the backing of some Republicans.

Doesn't mean anything this early. Pryor and Landrieu also had high approvals in 2013 because they weren't attacked yet. If they're still high in a year, then we can talk.

It is much easier to defeat an incumbent senator when the incumbent senator shares a political party with the president.  That factor worked against Pryor-AR, Landrieu-LA, Udall-CO, Begich-AK, and Hagan-NC in 2014.  This factor is going to work towards Manchin-WV, Heitkamp-ND, Donnely-IN, Brown-OH, Tester-MT, and McCaskill-MO in 2018.

This.

Landrieu and Pryor were destroyed by connection to Obama. There's no clear bogeyman figure to connect to Manchin. His name recognition is extremely high (he was governor) and even some WV GOPers (including Gov. Jim Justice) support him.

Is there really no bogeyman? They're still obsessed with Hillary and Pelosi if you haven't noticed, lol.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

At least she's an actual person from West Virginia who's family worked in the mining company instead of a slimey paid off politician.

Did the establishment hurt you when you were a child?

[TheSaint250]

At least she's an actual person from West Virginia who's family worked in the mining company instead of a slimey paid off politician.

I hate it when our politicians aren't actual people and are just robots in disguise.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

THAT's the DAMN LINE! I will vote Trump if that pig is the nominee. And there is no other democrat alive that I would immediately do that for besides this crooked wench.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Umm...

I don't care if you hate Manchin, no other Dem could really win WV. Same with Heitkamp in ND.

So no. She either loses the primary or the general in 2018. And is nowhere to be found by 2020.

No Democrat will win in WV, so you might as well vote your principles. That's the entire point. See my reasoning for supporting her here.

Heitkamp might be able to win. Not as many racist hicks in ND as there are in WV.

Manchin MIGHT be re-elected.  Swearengin would require a miracle to get elected.

Will you be proud of your support if there are 50 Democratic Senators in 2019, but none from WV if Swearengin was nominated and lost?

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

THAT's the DAMN LINE! I will vote Trump if that pig is the nominee. And there is no other democrat alive that I would immediately do that for besides this crooked wench.

You'd vote for the somewhat openly but indirectly racist socially conservative white "Real SC Values" senator over Paula Jean?

Not sure why you have such a visceral reaction to Paula Jean lol. I don't have a favorable opinion of her but this is funny.