{"id":2304329,"date":"2024-07-21T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T00:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-considering-democratic-run-for-president-after-biden-withdrawal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T00:28:12","slug":"manchin-mulls-democratic-presidential-bid-following-bidens-exit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-mulls-democratic-presidential-bid-following-bidens-exit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin mulls Democratic presidential bid following Biden&#8217;s exit &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmanchin-mulls-democratic-presidential-bid-following-bidens-exit-washington-examiner%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=2304329&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--><p>Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is considering reregistering as a Democrat and running for the party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor\/\" title=\"Chris Christie criticizes Trump&#039;s view of indictment as an &#039;honorable badge&#039;.\">presidential\u2063 nomination<\/a> following President Joe Biden&#8217;s announcement that he would not seek reelection. Manchin had previously considered a \u2062third-party presidential \u200drun but is now looking into running for the Democratic nomination. He called on Biden to &#8220;pass the torch to the new \u200dgeneration&#8221; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> and highlighted the\u2062 importance of an open process in selecting a candidate. Manchin, known\u2062 as a Senate centrist, chose \u200cnot\u2062 to run for reelection to his seat in\u200c November but has \u2063not ruled out\u2062 running for public office in \u2064the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Manchin considering Democratic run for president after Biden withdrawal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Manchin\">Joe Manchin<\/a> (I-WV) is considering reregistering as a Democrat and running for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s presidential nomination after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> announced he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3064997\/joe-biden-bows-out-of-2024-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">end<\/a> his reelection campaign on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin had previously weighed a third party presidential run, but is now considering a run for the Democratic nomination, a source familiar with Manchin&rsquo;s thinking confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia senator, who registered as an independent earlier this year after previously being a registered Democrat, called on Biden to &ldquo;pass the torch to the new generation&rdquo; on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em> on Sunday prior to Biden&rsquo;s announcement that he would drop his campaign. <\/p>\n<p>When asked on <em>State of the Union<\/em> about how Biden would &ldquo;pass the torch,&rdquo; Manchin said on the network it should be an &ldquo;open process.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that we have a lot of talent on the bench, a lot of good people, and I&rsquo;m partial to governors because a governor can&rsquo;t afford to be partial. They can&rsquo;t afford to be partisan strictly, because that pothole or that bridge doesn&rsquo;t have a D or an R on it,&rdquo; Manchin said on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have got two tremendous governors right next door to me in Andy Beshear in Kentucky and Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania, who are operating with legislatures evenly split or completely opposite of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraud-alert-analysis-of-3000-counties-reveals-joe-biden-received-5-6-more-votes-in-counties-using-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"FRAUD ALERT: Analysis of 3,000 Counties Reveals Joe Biden Received 5.6% More Votes in Counties Using Dominion Voting Machines\">party affiliation<\/a>,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t divided their state. They haven&rsquo;t made you pick a side and demonize the other side. They have brought people together. This is what an open process would do, I think. It would bring more people out in a process that could bring Democrats like me back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, a Senate centrist, declined not to run for reelection to his seat in November but has not publicly ruled out running for public office in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3092780\/biden-endorses-harris-after-bowing-out-2024-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endorsed\">endorsed<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president. Harris has the backing of several key Democrats, including Biden, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), and both Bill and Hillary Clinton, but several other Democrats have not endorsed her &ndash; including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden is the first incumbent to not seek a second term since then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson did so in 1968. After Johnson decided against running for a second term, his vice president, Hubert Humphrey, was the Democratic nominee but lost to former Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Richard-Nixon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Richard Nixon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The uncertainty within the Democratic Party&rsquo;s ticket comes less than a month before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The convention is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marisa Schultz<\/em> <em>contributed to this report<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchin is considering running for the Democratic presidential nomination after Biden announced he would not seek reelection. He had previously considered a third party run but is now thinking about running as a Democrat. Manchin believes in an open process for selecting the next candidate and has praised governors like Andy Beshear and Josh Shapiro for their bipartisan leadership. Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris for the nomination, but there is still uncertainty within the Democratic Party&#8217;s ticket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2304330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manchin-biden-2024-election.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35752,35751,4426,32076],"class_list":["post-2304329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bidens-exit","tag-democratic-presidential-bid","tag-manchin","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manchin-biden-2024-election.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304329","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}