{"id":1996921,"date":"2023-08-10T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-very-seriously-considering-ditching-party-the-brand-has-become-so-bad\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:44:14","slug":"democratic-senator-very-seriously-considering-ditching-party-the-brand-has-become-so-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-very-seriously-considering-ditching-party-the-brand-has-become-so-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Senator &#8216;Seriously&#8217; Contemplating Leaving Party: &#8216;Brand Has Deteriorated&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-senator-very-seriously-considering-ditching-party-the-brand-has-become-so-bad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996921&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Senator &#8216;Very Seriously&#8217; Considering Ditching \u200cParty: \u2064&#8217;The Brand Has Become \u2064So Bad&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he is considering leaving\u2062 his party,\u200d citing the declining \u2064\u201cbrand\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">political parties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has swirled about \u200bManchin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-joe-manchin-calls-lawmakers-stop-ignoring-inflation-democrats-continue-push-trillion-dollar-spending-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loyalties<\/a> to his party for more than a year as he faces a re-election bid next year\u200c to represent one of the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-pawned-social-conservatism-for-economic-growth-and-got-neither\/\" title=\"Indiana Republicans Pawned Social Conservatism For Economic Growth And Got Neither\">reddest states<\/a> for another six years.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2023\/08\/10\/manchin-says-hes-been-thinking-about-becoming-an-independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virginia MetroNews<\/a> on Thursday, he was asked about abandoning the Democratic \u2063Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u200c would think very seriously \u2063about that,\u201d Manchin told \u201cTalkline\u201d radio host Hoppy Kercheval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been\u2064 thinking about that\u2063 for quite some \u200ctime,\u201d the senator said. \u201cI haven\u2019t\u2062 made any \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-says-he-would-think-very-seriously-about-break-with-democratic-party\/\" title=\"Manchin considers breaking ties with Democratic Party\">decisions whatsoever<\/a> on any of\u200d my political direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Manchin said he wishes his voice to be independent \u200d\u2014 where he is \u2064able to offer praise and criticism of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-warns-republicans-impeaching-biden-not-good-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I have to have peace of mind basically,\u201d Manchin stated.<\/p>\n<p>He \u2062continued: \u201cThe brand has\u200c become so bad.\u2063 The \u2018D\u2019 brand and \u2018R\u2019 \u200cbrand. \u2064In West Virginia, the \u2018D\u2019\u2063 brand\u200c because it\u2019s nationally bad. It\u2019s not the Democrats in West\u200c Virginia. It\u2019s the Democrats in Washington or the Washington policies of the Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-joe-manchin-seduced-make-campaign-moves-based-revealing-new-voter-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchin<\/a> also said \u200che has always been clear that he is \u201cnot a Washington Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kercheval asked \u2062the senator if he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-very-seriously-considering-ditching-party-the-brand-has-become-so-bad\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator 'Seriously' Contemplating Leaving Party: 'Brand Has Deteriorated'\">considered \u200csevering ties<\/a> with Democrats and becoming an independent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Manchin responded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dthird-term senator said \u200che also hopes to see an independent candidate for president emerge and challenge the\u2063 two-party\u200b system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is \u2014 will the middle speak \u200cup?\u201d he said. \u201cDoes the middle have a voice? \u200bIf we can create a movement that \u200cpeople understand that we could have a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin concluded, \u201cWe could make a big, big splash and maybe bring the traditional parties, the Democratic and Republican\u200b Party, back to what they should be today, but they\u2019ve gone off the Richter Scale, both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old is\u200b expected to face a \u2064major fight to hold\u2062 his seat after next November \u2014 \u2064which Democrats need \u2063to hold for a chance to retain its slim\u200d Senate majority.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s\u2064 policies are wildly unpopular\u200c in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/west-virginia-loses-one-remaining-dems-state-senator-makes-huge-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virginia<\/a>, \u200dwhere voters will choose Manchin\u2019s opponent next year.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-manchin-slapped-brutal-2024-election-news-powerful-republican-set-win-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Justice<\/a> announced his candidacy for Manchin\u2019s seat\u2062 in April. Meanwhile, Republican Rep. Alex Mooney \u200cannounced\u2064 his bid to unseat Manchin last \u2064November following\u2063 his successful re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com\/pr\/justice-and-trump-with-commanding-early-leads-in-west-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A\u2064 poll<\/a> released in May by the East Carolina University Center for Survey\u200b Research found Justice was leading Manchin by 22 points in a hypothetical \u2062match-up.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-senator-seriously-considering-ditching-party-brand-become-bad\/\">Democratic Senator &#8216;Very Seriously&#8217; Considering Ditching Party: &#8216;The Brand Has Become So Bad&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is contemplating leaving his party due to the diminishing reputation of political parties. Speculation about his loyalty has persisted for over a year, especially as he prepares for re-election in a deeply conservative state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1996922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}