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2010-07-16 Home Front: Politix

Ex-Manchin aide tapped for Exalted Cyclops senate seat

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Posted by tu3031 2010-07-16 11:51|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The big question is will he go to the mattresses to defend coal mining, or is he just another party apparatchik who would vote to ruin WV when it is demanded of him?

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-16 13:40|| 2010-07-16 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 It appears Manchin appointed him to keep the seat warm for...Manchin.

Manchin is expected to run for the Senate seat and, as a popular two-term governor, he would be an early favorite. U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito is seen as a leading potential Republican contender.

And, of course, keep the agenda moving...

Posted by tu3031 2010-07-16 13:48|| 2010-07-16 13:48|| Front Page Top

#3 At the Press conference he said the Waxman-Markey bill as well as the Senate equivalent was flawed but he favored Rockys coal sequestration substitute. In other words hes both Manchins placeholder and sock-puppet.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-07-16 15:22|| 2010-07-16 15:22|| Front Page Top

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