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| Joe Manchin may be Trump's energy secretary |
| 2016-12-02 |
| h/t Instapundit President-elect Trump is leaning toward coal-country Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to head the Energy Department, say sources close to the transition team. The senator from West Virginia would be the second Democrat that Trump is reportedly considering for a Cabinet post. The Trump team formally announced Thursday that Sen. Heidi Heitkamp from oil giant North Dakota, who opposes President Obama's climate rules and supports the development of clean coal, will be visiting with Trump in New York on Friday. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Brilliant move - takes out one of the few non-lib Dems who could credibly run against Trump, and give WV political makeup from the last election, the GOP should be able to find a candidate that would win the replacement election and add to the GOP margin in the Senate. FYI, Jim Justice, the Gov Elect who takes office Jan 17, was a republican until Feb 2015 when he switched to run as a Dem for Gov. Businessman, only billionaire in WV. Owns coal companies, etc. If Manchin accepts, then Gov Justice can name himself, but that would effectively make his opponent, Cole, the acting governor. GOP has a 2x state wide election winning AG Patrick Morrissey who would be a strong candidate to take over that seat in a replacement election. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2016-12-02 22:18 |
| #3 If so, how will he be replaced? Would Tomblin appoint himself? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-12-02 11:20 |
| #2 Sen his pal Toomey to BATF - with marching orders to shut it down... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-02 07:13 |
| #1 Trump's not even in office yet and stocks are up, Fidel Castro is gone, Kanye cancelled his tour and California is talking about leaving the Union. So far, so good. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-02 06:33 |