538: Liberals Would Be Foolish To Primary Joe Manchin

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Primarying him with a progressive would obviously be nonsensical, and I wouldn't support it anyways. But primarying him with someone with views similar to say, Nelson, would be a good move and I don't think it would totally ruin everything for Ds, and I would support it.

Even a candidate similar to Nelson would still lose to the GOP in WV. If any Democrat has a chance to defeat Moore-Capito in 2020, it's Tomblin or Justice.

Jay Rockefeller was definitely to Bill Nelson's left.

WV is far more Republican than it was when Rockefeller was in office. That kind of candidate couldn't win today.

Agree. Voted no because tbh, a more conservative Dem would be the only one that could win the primary AND the general. WV is one of the last holdouts for what used to be Dixiecrats and blue-collar Dems. It makes no sense to "win" with a progressive Dem only to lose the general election with that candidate.