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Joe Manchin Debt Ceiling Vote To Buck Democrats, White House

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First Posted: 03/21/11 09:53 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:40 PM ET

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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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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...
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...
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lodger16x 03:54 AM on 03/22/2011
West Virginia being what it is,  a poor rural conservative state heavily dependent on federal spending,  will of course suffer from misguided spending cuts as much as any state.
Almost no one, even in the Democratic party, is sticking with proven economic principles in the face of false economic ideology. West Virginia, and most of the rest of America, will learn the hard way. Or maybe  Read More...
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dollbaby
Spice...."The Toughest Fighter."
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"
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Gidster
Not so much Liberal as I am anti evil.
06:36 AM on 03/23/2011
He's not a Democrat in anything but official party affiliation.
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
12:39 AM on 03/23/2011
Who gave him gunpowder? You KNOW he eats it!
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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?
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
05:38 PM on 03/23/2011
Okay, how about some flint?
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
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Palaver
Men make laws, but the people follow custom.
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. ;)
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qoftu
Unrepentent liberal.
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.
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smilingasa
I am a truth teller and a boat rocker
06:33 PM on 03/22/2011
Never vote for anyone with eyes that close together!
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
12:39 AM on 03/23/2011
Peer-cisely!
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....
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JustJoy7
Give your best, expect the best from others.
06:11 PM on 03/22/2011
Manchin. (I meant to verity spelling before posting and forgot to do so.)
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JustJoy7
Give your best, expect the best from others.
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.
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!
11:56 PM on 03/22/2011
He's going against the grain on the debt ceiling. That's not being a coward.
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
12:40 AM on 03/23/2011
...pesky ceiling.
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Gidster
Not so much Liberal as I am anti evil.
06:38 AM on 03/23/2011
It is also denying reality....Something conservatives excel at doing!
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04:31 PM on 03/22/2011
In WV the new campaign is simply ABM, "Anybody But Manchin".
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AndyPhx
Fruit don't talk. Fruit just listens... and waits
04:15 PM on 03/22/2011
Wishy-washy panderers get voted out of office because no one feels they trust them.
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TurnSeiki
Staunch Conservative
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.