Manchin is such an attention whore.
Possible Democrat nominees
- Ojeda
- Tennant
- Tomblin
- Gainer
- Goodwin (either)
- Kessler
- Perdue
- Any number of other former statewide electeds
- Any number of current or former state legislators
Any one of these people would comfortably win a primary against Blankenship without lifting a finger
Some random pension collecting former union member coal miner in Logan County would beat Blankenship.
From what I've heard from the folks up there, Blakenship is a lot more complicated than I think any of us understand. The man is personally loathed, but the movement he's vocalizing is stronger in WV than perhaps any other state.
