Showing posts with label West Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Virginia. Show all posts

Friday, October 24, 2025

Manchin Lifts The Lid On Dem Thuggery!

Saturday, September 20, 2025

A Stern Warning From A Seasoned Democrat . . .

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Is This The End Of Build Back Better?


West Virginia US Senator Joe Manchin said today that after months of negotiations he has decided that there is simply no way he can support President Biden's massive social spending bill known as the Build Back Better Act.
Speaking with Fox News Manchin said that he has consulted with President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, explaining that "I've done everything humanly possible," to try to reach an acceptable compromise on the bill. In the end, however, he said that between ongoing inflation, the national debt, "geopolitical unrest," and the COVID-19 pandemic, the bill being pushed by his fellow Democrats was just too much. "This is a no," he said in conclusion.

Saturday, June 13, 2020

It Really Wasn't That Very Long Ago, Folks . . .



And isn't that Democrat Senator Joe Manchin there as well? Hmmm . . .
And didn't Biden praise Byrd repeatedly on the floor of the Senate and deliver a eulogy at his funeral?

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

New Dem Pastime: Bailing Out On Obama

“Last month, President Obama’s fellow Democrats deserted his shameful attacks on free enterprise. Now, with the President doubling down on his misleading attacks, even more Democrats are jumping ship – this time from the President’s own Democratic convention. As president, Mitt Romney will unite all Americans around pro-growth policies that will jumpstart our economy.” 
–Andrea Saul, Romney Campaign Spokesperson

Yesterday, Four Prominent Democrats Deserted President Obama’s 2012 Democratic Convention:

“Claire McCaskill Will Not Be Attending The Democratic National Convention In Charlotte…” “Claire McCaskill will not be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, a McCaskill aide confirmed to TPM Tuesday.” (Pema Levy, “Claire McCaskill Will Not Attend Democratic National Convention,” Talking Points Memo, 6/26/12)

Four Years Ago, Senator McCaskill Was One Of The First Senators To Endorse President Obama’s Presidential Campaign. 
“One of President Barack Obama's biggest supporters will not be attending this summer's Democratic National Convention. … McCaskill endorsed then Sen. Barack Obama in January, 2008, becoming one of the first senators to back Obama, who was locked in a marathon battle with then Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.” (Paul Steinhauser and Ted Barrett, “McCaskill To Skip Democratic Convention,” CNN, 6/26/12)

Representative John Barrow (D-GA) Announced He Will Skip The Democratic National Convention. 
“Augusta U.S. Rep. John Barrow will skip the Democratic National Convention in September, adding to a growing list of Democrats distancing themselves from the national party's major quadrennial get-together.” (Daniel Malloy, “Barrow To Skip Democratic National Convention,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/26/12)

Arizona Senate Candidate Richard Carmona Announced He Would Not Attend The Democratic National Convention. 
“Heitkamp joins a growing list of Democratic Senate candidates opting out of Charlotte, including Arizona Senate candidate Richard Carmona, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.” (Julie Sobel, “Heitkamp Skipping Dem Convention,” National Journal, 6/26/12)

FLASHBACK: President Obama Personally Lobbied Carmona To Enter The Senate Race. “President Barack Obama called former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona last month to urge him to run for Senate in Arizona, two Democratic sources told POLITICO. The call signals that Obama is engaged in recruiting a strong Senate candidate in a state Democrats have eyed as a presidential battleground.” (Alexander Burns, “Obama Courts Arizona Senate Candidate, May Contest State 'Heavily',” Politico, 10/6/11)

“North Dakota Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp Will Skip The Democratic National Convention In Charlotte This September.” (Julie Sobel, “Heitkamp Skipping Dem Convention,” National Journal, 6/26/12)
Yesterday’s Defectors Are The Latest Democrats Who Are Backing Away From President Obama:

“West Virginia’s Top Three Democrats,” Senator Joe Manchin, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, And Representative Nick Rahall Announced They Would Not Attend The Convention. 
“West Virginia’s top three Democrats will not attend their party’s national convention in September, the West Virginia Democratic Party said Monday. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall do not plan to help pick President Barack Obama as their party’s nominee.” (Ry Rivard, “Manchin, Tomblin, Rahall Not Going To Democratic National Convention,” Charleston Daily Mail, 6/18/12)

Representative Mark Critz (D-PA) Announced He Would Not Attend President Obama’s DNC Convention. “U.S. Rep. Mark Critz said on Tuesday he will skip the Democratic National Convention in favor of campaigning in Pennsylvania, much like top elected Democrats in neighboring West Virginia who are disgruntled with President Obama.” (Selena Zito, “Rep. Mark Critz, Other Dems, To Skip Convention In Favor Of Campaigning In Pennsylvania,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 6/20/12)

New York Democrat Representatives Kathy Hochul And Bill Owens Announced Last Week They Will Not Attend The Democratic Convention. 
“At least half a dozen Democratic officials have said in recent days that they won't attend the Democratic National Convention this September in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the president will formally receive the party's nomination for a second term. The latest: New York Democratic Reps. Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul, both of whom won special elections in recent years – in 2009 and 2011, respectively – that were heralded by party leaders.” (Dan Hirschhorn, “Bucking Convention,” The Daily, 6/20/12)

“Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) Will Skip The Democratic National Convention, Making Him The Latest In A String Of Conservative Democrats To Take A Pass On The Party Confab.” (Cameron Joseph, “Dem Rep. Matheson Will Skip Democratic National Convention,”The Hill, 6/21/12)

Montana Senator Jon Tester Is Skipping The Democratic National Convention. 
“Tester’s campaign quickly followed suit to say they would skip the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., which is the week after the GOP gathering.” (Cameron Joseph And David Kaner, “Montana Senate Candidates Will Skip Parties' Conventions,” The Hill, 6/25/12)

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Blue Collar Dems, Others Abandon Obama


Yesterday's primary results in a handful of states including North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin spell more trouble for President Obama.
Let's talk about border states and Appalachia first.
What happened in West Virginia is indicative of something that's occurring in the south, border states and through the Appalachians up into Pennsylvania and Ohio. Blue collar Democrats are turning away from President Obama. To be sure, these have never been a big part of Obama's base (remember how Hillary Clinton trounced him among this group in '08) but now they are in full revolt against the President.
The situation is so bad that yesterday, in West Virginia a prison inmate managed to capture 40% of there vote against Obama in the Democrat primary. This inmate (Keith Judd) became Obama's most successful primary challenger this year.
Imagine the embarrassment the White House must (or should) feel.
When Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy scored 42% of the vote against President Lyndon Johnson in the New Hampshire primary that was considered a stunning upset "victory" for McCarthy. It so humiliated President Johnson that by the end of the month Johnson dropped out of the presidential race altogether.
Yesterday, Keith Judd won 41% of the vote against a sitting president. Judd actually carried 10 counties.
And Judd didn't campaign and didn't have the small army of volunteers that McCarthy had. Indeed, Judd is still serving time at Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas.
People obviously weren't voting for Judd. They were voting against Obama.
Translation: West Virginians (who have elected a Democrat governor and two Democrat US Senators) are damned angry with Obama.
Now, let's look to North Carolina, a state that the Democrats are targeting with such fervor that they plan to hold their convention there this summer. In North Carolina, by a lopsided majority of 61% to 39%, moderate, blue-collar Democrats joined Republicans to reject gay marriage -- a proposal that has become a pillar of liberalism and a sort of litmus test for Democrat officeholders. In North Carolina we now know that at least 35% of the state's Democrat voters joined in voting for an amendment to the state's constitution which effectively bans gay marriage by defining marriage as the union of one man and  one woman.
This issue is tough for Obama and the president knows it. Though he nominally supported the federal Defense of Marriage Act and has said that marriage is between a man and a woman, he's also said that his position on gay marriage is "evolving" and he has allowed his Attorney General to actually back away from enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act.
Obama knows that gay marriage is unpopular in the African-American community and among blue-collar Democrats. But he needs to rouse his base and this issue is a rouser among rabid libs.
So, Obama allows Vive President Biden and other would-be surrogates to support gay marriage while he hides behind some sort of "evolutionary" position. He's playing politics, pure and simple. And, in so doing he's using the gay community -- manipulating them and teasing them on an issue that would appear to be critically important to them.
And yesterday made the whole thing even more uncomfortable -- and more awkward -- for Obama.
Now, on to the midwest. In Wisconsin, Republicans turned out in droves to support embattled Gov. Scott Walker in the state’s primary ahead of a June 5 recall election, while organized labor efforts failed to rouse Democrats. Walker got 97 percent of the vote in the Republican primary, and almost as many votes were cast for him than in the entire Democrat primary combined. Not band for a guy who's supposed to be "on the ropes."
And in Indiana moderate (and often left-leaning) GOP Senator Dick Lugar lost to his primary challenger State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, again by a roughly 60%/40% margin as the Tea Party came out in force. The message for Obama? The Tea Party is not only alive and well but it's on the march and stronger than ever. Tea Party intensity could create a repeat of the 2010 election results.
Bet on it: Mourdock will win in November and Romney will carry Indiana as well.
And Romney will carry West Virginia, too.
And North Carolina and Wisconsin are eminently winnable for the GOP.
And Pennsylvania and Ohio? Here we come . . . . .

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Overwhelming Win!

Hillary Clinton didn't look like a loser Tuesday night as she celebrated an overwhelming victory in West Virginia defeating the OH!man by a stunning two-to-one margin.
Hillary has now piled up seventeen million votes!
Can anyone explain to me why these 17 million voters should now be ignored?
Hillary carried just about every demographic in West Virginia last night. Her win was broad, deep and meaningful. And the simple truth is that since 1916 no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia.
And as Hillary said: "The White House is won in the swing states and I am winning the swing states." Hillary has won swing and/or border states like West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. And let's not forget Florida which I feel has to count as a Hillary win. Let's face it: She's won most of the big states that a Democrat must win.
Democrats better think a little longer (and harder) before they abandon her.