Joe Manchin goes the way of Blanche Lincoln
I was not the least surprised to hear that the freshman senator upbraiding President Obama was Joe Manchin. I was not surprised because while trying to keep his seat in Congress, he has forgotten what keeping his seat really meant and that was finding common ground for what’s best for America and not what’s best for Joe Manchin. This is the same track that Blanche Lincoln found herself on and many of us “political junkies” know what happened to her. The question is will Joe Manchin learn from this or is he destined to repeat it? Associated Press Andrew Taylor pens this decent article titled Freshman Democrat upbraids Obama on spending detailing the path of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. It read “A freshman Democratic senator accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of failing to provide leadership on a worsening national deficit as top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill spent more time pointing fingers than seeking common ground on a must-...