What does Joe Manchin want?

[milestogo]

What does he hope to achieve?

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Power to feed his ego.

[hlthe2b]

5. Yup... and

whatever is continually replenished-- under the table-- I suppose.

[Walleye]

2. He won't say.

[leftstreet]

3. Ask his donors n/t

[Bucky]

25. His ego/power madness is driven by his donors

They don't want the Dems to have a big victory. They know big tax hikes are next

[gab13by13]

4. What he is getting, money from American oligarchs.

[Magoo48]

20. He is on the fucking take. He wants the dark money to keep,flowing.

[Blue Owl]

6. Secret, back-room deals with the GOP were made

And Joe Manchin is the rat...

[jcmaine72]

7. The love and adoration of Tucker Carlson

And he has certainly earned it.

[Gaugamela]

8. The perpetuation of his rich white guy neoliberal privileges.

[Earth-shine]

9. To see republicans gain power, like he's paid to do by his donors.

I heard on the news the other night (MSNBC? CNN?) that Manchin currently enjoys high favorability ratings in WV largely because he is opposing the Dem agenda.

[TDale313]

10. Attention. Money. Power.

All of which he’s getting in spades. The future of our democracy is in his and Sinema’s hands and quite frankly, we’re fucked. They won’t support voting rights legislation, and Republicans will make damn sure the game is so rigged they can never lose another national election. If I sound like an alarmist, damn straight. We should all be hair-on-fire this-is-our-last-shot take-to-the-streets-now freaked the f out.

[Peregrine Took]

21. I wonder if one of the things that motivates him is a long simmering inferiority

complex, WV being among the poorest states in the country, and now is his chance to get even with the "elites" of the Democratic party.

[pecosbob]

11. Joe is simply carrying water for Wall Street

Always has and presumably always will.

[634-5789]

12. Mo Money, Mo money, Mo money

He's in the pocket of big fossil fuel and could care less about his constituents. ALSO: I need hearing aids, was looking forward to that. Now I can fageddaboutit.

[634-5789]

13. Manchin will have to explain to those paying $1,000 a month for insulin instead of $35...

[NewHendoLib]

14. $$$. $$$ $$$

[Bobstandard]

15. He seeks money to insulate from the future

Let’s face it. The future looks grim. Climate catastrophe, the break down of civil order, vigilante terrorism in towns across this country and hot wars breaking out in Eastern Europe and Asia. Money, big money, and favors from powerful friends may insulate The very wealthy from a lot of that. Joe is wealthy but not thousand-acre-ranch in Montana wealthy. Not owns-most-of a Hawaiian island wealthy. He wants to get as close to that as he can and this is his way of doing it.

[harumph]

24. Spot on.

[Lunabell]

16. To kiss the gop ass.

He's courting the party so he can get a plum committee when he switches parties.

[Jilly_in_VA]

17. He wants the spotlight on him

just like any toddler. And the power he would never get otherwise, because his colleagues don't like him enough to ever elect him to a position like Majority Leader or even Whip.

[RainCaster]

18. Money, fame, a normal size penis

He's cursed with the Republicans Mushroom.

[CrackityJones75]

23. Huh?

I mean I get the first two but uhhhh wtf?

[jpak]

19. His head up Trump's ass

Yup

[CrackityJones75]

22. Legacy.

[Vinca]

26. #1 - a news media microphone aimed at him, preferably with a camera in tow.

#2 - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, #3 - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[Autumn]

27. He has what he wants. nt