Manchin is thinking about retirement in 24 since it's gonna be an easy R pickup, he's not running for Prez, Manchin is simply the same as Doug Jones of 2020
You may be right, though I do hope that Manchin hangs on. Manchin should probably run just for the h#ll of it. Run a local campaign and totally disconnect himself from national party figures since the Democratic party is toxic in WV. Reject or accept very little out-of-state money so he can run as a true candidate of WV and if he did that he could attack the R for accepting out-of-state money which would likely happen. He would probably be outspent badly but at least Ds wouldn't be wasting money on his race if he loses like they did in KY and SC in 2020.