Joe Manchin Debt Ceiling Vote To Buck Democrats, White House

CNN:

Saying that "we must get our fiscal house in order," Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he'll vote against raising the nation's debt ceiling unless it's married to a plan that addresses the nation's broader fiscal problems.

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[dollbaby]

01:50 PM on 03/23/2011

A Manchin aide tells CNN that the speech will kick off what is being called a "Our Values, Our Priorities" weeklong tour.
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can we honest and call it "the I want to be reelected tour, so watch me pander"

[Gidster]

06:36 AM on 03/23/2011

He's not a Democrat in anything but official party affiliation.

[Lahonda]

12:39 AM on 03/23/2011

Who gave him gunpowder? You KNOW he eats it!

[myth buster]

12:28 PM on 03/23/2011

Potassium is an essential nutrient, nitrate is a heart medication, and elemental carbon and sulfur are biologically inert. So how exactly is eating gunpowder supposed to mess him up?

[Lahonda]

05:38 PM on 03/23/2011

Okay, how about some flint?

[pranksalot]

10:32 PM on 03/22/2011

Well he comes from a moderate state, his ideology makes sense. Also he is up for a tough reelection, so I'll give him a pass since I don't want us to lose the senate which is looking increasingly likely.

I support open tent policy. He may not support some of the democrats policies, but he supports most of them so I'm not too worry about him. Same as Ben Nelson, he comes from a more conserative-leaning state. We have to understand the difficulties of getting electing in each state.

CA senators Boxer and Fienstein would never make it in West Virgina or Nebraska

[Palaver]

09:35 PM on 03/22/2011

Politicians have funny ways of asking for handouts. I'm sure his reservations over "debt" can be cured with the right "spending"-- I mean critical infrastructure investment. ;)

[qoftu]

06:55 PM on 03/22/2011

Please don't call this person a Democrat and try not to tell anyone he's from West Virginia. We still have our loyalties and standards despite this turncoat who appears to have more in common with K Street than he does with the people who elected him.

[JBoy]

11:53 PM on 03/22/2011

He's a jerk because he doesn't believe in spending money he doesn't have?

[smilingasa]

06:33 PM on 03/22/2011

Never vote for anyone with eyes that close together!

[Lahonda]

12:39 AM on 03/23/2011

Peer-cisely!

[Cyndi Hamilton]

06:30 PM on 03/22/2011

Oh, Joe Blow, I like to refer to him as Faceguy because he talks out both sides of his mouth and he masqerades as a democrat (political savvy in this state) but make no mistake he is a businessman and supports the Regressive party. I have never cast a vote for him nor will I ever....

[JustJoy7]

06:11 PM on 03/22/2011

Manchin. (I meant to verity spelling before posting and forgot to do so.)

[JustJoy7]

06:09 PM on 03/22/2011

Let's face it. Joe Menchen ran as a DEM to get elected. He knew full well that he wasn't aligned with DEMs.

[patnamm]

04:40 PM on 03/22/2011

The same morally bankrupt politician who blamed a "prior arranged engagement" while vote for DADT was going on in Washington. What a political coward!

[JBoy]

11:56 PM on 03/22/2011

He's going against the grain on the debt ceiling. That's not being a coward.

[Lahonda]

12:40 AM on 03/23/2011

...pesky ceiling.

[Gidster]

06:38 AM on 03/23/2011

It is also denying reality....Something conservatives excel at doing!

[boscobear]

04:31 PM on 03/22/2011

In WV the new campaign is simply ABM, "Anybody But Manchin".

[AndyPhx]

04:15 PM on 03/22/2011

Wishy-washy panderers get voted out of office because no one feels they trust them.

[TurnSeiki]

03:54 PM on 03/22/2011

Oh please. This dude's campaign ad showed him shooting a shotgun at the ObamaCare bill! I don't think he can count on being re-elected. Not after all that's transpired since November. He'll have to go to the right of Pat Buchanan.