Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    1 year ago

    Your god is leaving because he knows he can no longer win, and there’s no one who is as big a sellout as he is to replace him.

    Moving to the right has failed. I get that you want to keep doing it, but it’s failed.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      You don’t have to be a fan of Manchin to know his way is the only way a Democrat could win in West Virginia.

      Him choosing not to run for Senate again doesn’t mean he didn’t win the seat 3 times. It did work. He is currently in the Senate. Shrewsbury hasn’t gotten a single vote yet, let’s pump the brakes on assuming his strategy is better, let alone actually able to win.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        41 year ago

        You don’t have to be a fan of Manchin to know his way is the only way a Democrat could win in West Virginia.

        Was the only way. He’s not running, and there’s no one in the party to his right. The party can move left or abandon the state entirely.

        I get that Shrewsbury isn’t your first choice, but vote blue no matter who.

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          I would absolutely vote for Shrewsbury in a general election if that was the choice in front of me, and I wouldn’t even complain relentlessly about “voting blue no matter who” because I know it is indeed the best way to accomplish my preferred political goals.

          I follow your logic to a point. There is obviously a potential candidate who is to the left of Manchin while not being as far left as Shrewsbury, they just haven’t declared a candidacy yet.

          If the Democrats end up nominating a socialist in West Virginia, they chose the “abandon the state entirely” option.