WV-SEN 2018: Haunted Manchin

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Morrisey misspelled West Virginia in his own TV ad, what an idiot!

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Total idiot.

[KingSweden]

Total idiot.

Bahahahahha

[Torrain]

Total idiot.

Almost heaven, West Virgina...

[Hindsight was 2020]

Total idiot.

Oh my god I'm dying

[henster]

Why are ads in WV so bad?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIgXVoa9bo

[GlobeSoc]

Why are ads in WV so bad?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIgXVoa9bo

The GOP primary base is very special.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Total idiot.

Failure!

[Coastal Elitist]

Total idiot.

Wow, that is embarrassing.

[MAINEiac4434]

Why are ads in WV so bad?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIgXVoa9bo

Jesus. Hope no one with epilepsy was watching.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Why are ads in WV so bad?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIgXVoa9bo

Jesus. Hope no one with epilepsy was watching.

Pretty decent ad besides that though, Jenkins must be stopped in the primary.

[Doimper]

Politico: Republicans screwing up a primary, again

[KingSweden]

Am I the only one a bit concerned about Manchin’s so-so fundraising? I know he’s got plenty of COH but I hope his heart is in the race.

[MT Treasurer]

Democrats are propping up Blankenship, lol...

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/west-virginia-gop-senate-primary-blankenship-537827

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Am I the only one a bit concerned about Manchin’s so-so fundraising? I know he’s got plenty of COH but I hope his heart is in the race.

You are not alone.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Hillary Clinton needs to attack Don Blankenship and say that GOP primary voters would be smarter if they voted for either Jenkins or Morrissey

[Anna Komnene]

Hillary Clinton needs to attack Don Blankenship and say that GOP primary voters would be smarter if they voted for either Jenkins or Morrissey

They want him to win the primary, not turn him into an Appalachian hero.

[McGovernForPrez]

Hillary Clinton needs to attack Don Blankenship and say that GOP primary voters would be smarter if they voted for either Jenkins or Morrissey

I feel like that could backfire very quickly. Manchin probably doesn't want Hillary uttering a single word about WV.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Be real guys. Blankenship is a criminal. Even if he gets a boost from Hillary, he's still a worse candidate than Jenkins and Morrissey (both of which I think beat Manchin).

[Maxwell]

Be real guys. Blankenship is a criminal. Even if he gets a boost from Hillary, he's still a worse candidate than Jenkins and Morrissey (both of which I think beat Manchin).

I mean, eh, kind of.

Blakenship is trash but there's a reason he's resonating in the primaries - he's resonating because he has a narrative arc. He was locked up and framed by muh corrupt Obama and muh corrupt EPA who hate your life style. A lot of people will see through that but a lot of people won't and a lot of people don't vote in West Virginia.

What do Jenkins or Morrissey have? Morrissey is a carpet bagger from New Jersey who comes off kind of weird and his last few ads have a... doomed candidate quality to them. Evan Jenkins is a hyper ambitious political psycho but thanks to West Virginia's political history that comes with a political record with quite a few liberal votes.

Jenkins is probably the best general election candidate of the three but he has a certain detached political hack quality to him that's vaguely off-putting that is a stark contrast to Joe Manchin who, I've said many negative things about, but at least comes off as genuine. Morrissey would probably be a very bad general election candidate and Don Blakenship knows how to sell political narrative clearly but the real story is horrifying and Blakenship should've been in jail for a lot lot longer.

Not confident about Manchin's chances in a nearly 70% Trump state, but these candidates give me a slither of hope.

[LimoLiberal]

We honestly need Don Blankenship to be the nominee.

All Hillary has to do is tweet "Don Blankenship is a horrific candidate for West Virginians. He failed the state and is far too conservative for the US Senate."

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

Be real guys. Blankenship is a criminal. Even if he gets a boost from Hillary, he's still a worse candidate than Jenkins and Morrissey (both of which I think beat Manchin).

I mean, eh, kind of.

Blakenship is trash but there's a reason he's resonating in the primaries - he's resonating because he has a narrative arc. He was locked up and framed by muh corrupt Obama and muh corrupt EPA who hate your life style. A lot of people will see through that but a lot of people won't and a lot of people don't vote in West Virginia.

What do Jenkins or Morrissey have? Morrissey is a carpet bagger from New Jersey who comes off kind of weird and his last few ads have a... doomed candidate quality to them. Evan Jenkins is a hyper ambitious political psycho but thanks to West Virginia's political history that comes with a political record with quite a few liberal votes.

Jenkins is probably the best general election candidate of the three but he has a certain detached political hack quality to him that's vaguely off-putting that is a stark contrast to Joe Manchin who, I've said many negative things about, but at least comes off as genuine. Morrissey would probably be a very bad general election candidate and Don Blakenship knows how to sell political narrative clearly but the real story is horrifying and Blakenship should've been in jail for a lot lot longer.

Not confident about Manchin's chances in a nearly 70% Trump state, but these candidates give me a slither of hope.

I will never understand how anyone can believe such a narrative about Blankenship (not accusing you by the way -- I think you are right, I'm talking about voters who feel that way). Blood from Upper Big Branch is not directly on his hands but he is hugely culpable. How people in a state full of working class people with one of the richest labor movement histories of any of the states can vote for such a disgusting monster is beyond me.

[KingSweden]

Be real guys. Blankenship is a criminal. Even if he gets a boost from Hillary, he's still a worse candidate than Jenkins and Morrissey (both of which I think beat Manchin).

I mean, eh, kind of.

Blakenship is trash but there's a reason he's resonating in the primaries - he's resonating because he has a narrative arc. He was locked up and framed by muh corrupt Obama and muh corrupt EPA who hate your life style. A lot of people will see through that but a lot of people won't and a lot of people don't vote in West Virginia.

What do Jenkins or Morrissey have? Morrissey is a carpet bagger from New Jersey who comes off kind of weird and his last few ads have a... doomed candidate quality to them. Evan Jenkins is a hyper ambitious political psycho but thanks to West Virginia's political history that comes with a political record with quite a few liberal votes.

Jenkins is probably the best general election candidate of the three but he has a certain detached political hack quality to him that's vaguely off-putting that is a stark contrast to Joe Manchin who, I've said many negative things about, but at least comes off as genuine. Morrissey would probably be a very bad general election candidate and Don Blakenship knows how to sell political narrative clearly but the real story is horrifying and Blakenship should've been in jail for a lot lot longer.

Not confident about Manchin's chances in a nearly 70% Trump state, but these candidates give me a slither of hope.

I will never understand how anyone can believe such a narrative about Blankenship (not accusing you by the way -- I think you are right, I'm talking about voters who feel that way). Blood from Upper Big Branch is not directly on his hands but he is hugely culpable. How people in a state full of working class people with one of the richest labor movement histories of any of the states can vote for such a disgusting monster is beyond me.

Because oogily boogily Obummer lieberals!!1!

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

I think Jenkins is a strong candidate. Look at his announcement ad. And he's also attacking Manchin for taking big pharma money. He's doing a good job with the socially conservative & economically right-of-center angle.

[Maxwell]

I think Jenkins is a strong candidate. Look at his announcement ad. And he's also attacking Manchin for taking big pharma money. He's doing a good job with the socially conservative & economically right-of-center angle.

Jenkins is a guy who knows how to do a politics or two. But again, I feel he comes off as inauthentic and plastic, which is probably the worst thing you could say about a candidate in the year of our lord 2018. If he were such a good candidate (which, this may just be a reflection of how weird, small, and far right the actual Republican electorate in a Republican primary is in West Virginia) why isn't he trouncing Patrick Morrissey and Don Blankenship?

Then again this is the very same Republican Party that has nominated John Raese for how many countless races despite knowing he'd blow it every single time.