News Alert: Manchin Isn't Running For President!

By Rich Kozlovich

I know, I know, you're shocked and surprised...right? Ya know, it's really amazing isn't it.  Joe Manchin was so bad on energy issues, budgets, etc, that when he read the tea leaves he realized W. Va. didn't really like him, or any Democrat for that matter, and decided not to run for his Senate seat.  Good thinking, but, never fail to understand the size of a politicians ego can be so massive there's little room left in their brains for intelligence.  As a result he said he might run for President.  Imagine that!   And the media thought that was actually meaningful.  Imagine that!  

The ego/intelligence argument doesn't apply to the media.  They're just stupid.  After all they seemed to think Liz Chaney could run, and she actually said she was undecided.....chuckling....a lot.

And guess who he thought would be a great VP?  Mitt Romney!  Another loser who also read the tea leaves and discovered the people of his state thought they really could get along without him, and seemingly, can't wait to do so.  

 

But, this gets better.   He had a back up choice for VP if Mitt decided to stay home.  He thought Ohio's former Senator Rob Portman, who also read the tea leaves, would be a good VP.   Both "Republicans".  Imagine that.

 

Well, those two or three people who were concerned over this potential Presidential run can stop worrying, Manchin has decided he isn't going to run.  Shocked, shocked I tell you!  Well, not really.   Those darn tea leaves just won't go along with the program!  But, as my mother, a full blooded FDR Democrat used to say, "That falls under the category of who gives a crap", only she didn't say crap.

 

Okay, I have to admit, I found this Manchin for President a big chuckle from the git go.  So, why bother posting this non-decision, as this was as obvious as night follows day?  

 

I posted this because I thought everyone might appreciate the Romney/Portman component of this story.  Why?  He thought Mitt Romney or Rob Portman, two Republicans, had views compatible with his own.  Did he actually discuss this with them?  I'm guessing no, and this was merely a speculatory response to a question, but I did see this as an insight into his view of the Republican leadership, and I think it's a valid one, and not a pretty one.