Say, guess who else wants to become unburdened by what has been? Joe Manchin rather famously and noisily left the Democrat Party two months ago, attempting to rehab his image in West Virginia. Now that Joe Biden has retired from the Democrat nomination, suddenly the man who left No Labels twisting in the wind for months is considering a return to run for the nomination himself.
Of course, Manchin being Manchin, he hadn’t actually decided to do it. But CBS News’ Robert Costa reported late yesterday that he’s letting his interest be known:
Manchin had just been on CBS’ Face the Nation urging Biden to withdraw, and demanding that there be a “new generation” to take over the Democrat Party. Manchin is, of course, seventy-six years old, only five years younger than Biden, at least chronologically. Margaret Brennan asked Manchin directly if he’d take the lower spot on the ticket…
