Does Richard Ojeda Stand A Chance?

[Cactus Jack]

Ojeda just needs $$, this is why I'm annoyed with Q whether or not committees should back pro-life candidates and ofc they should. Ojeda may not be ideal on social issues but on economic issues he is there with Dems 90% of the time.

I really like Ojeda's stance on abortion too. He says he's pro-life, when most Republicans are just pro-birth. He wants to make sure we have the social safety net in place for children born to financially struggling mothers. I'm sure he also supports giving out contraceptives as preventative measure too. He's honestly very reasonable.

Here we have it. If we're going to run Blue Dogs, at least let them not be hypocrites.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Bump, cuz someone else made a copycat thread.

[YE]

If he can win the primary, yes. Ojeda is exactly the kind of Democrat that can appeal to this district. Economically leftie, even seems decent on the right social issues (pro-weed unlike Manchin, who wants a new War on Drugs), yet by supporting Trump, not seen as an DC outsider identity politics Democrats that West Virginians hate.

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[Cactus Jack]

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The dude tells it like it is.

[Adam Griffin]

Ojeda has a chance to win; Williams doesn't. Williams is too much in the mold of "standard (Hillary) Clinton Democrat" to have a chance, too polished, too rehearsed, etc.

Anyway, Ojeda's criticisms of Manchin are not inherently coming from the left or right: they're coming from above. Mostly, with regards to Manchin being "corrupt" and "forgetting the people of WV" etc.