Despite his protestations to the contrary, Joe Manchin is a guy who loves the limelight and usually gets it from the media and political commentators alike, a point acknowledged by even the New York Times in a piece on a Friday stop he made in New Hampshire.
Joe Manchin, the attention-seeking West Virginia senator who has teased a late third-party presidential bid, tried to keep up the suspense at a Friday appearance in New Hampshire. https://t.co/SY4mLBJkvO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 12, 2024
During that visit, Manchin did indeed go full metal third-party tease, coyly fielding questions on whether he’d be okay with people writing in Joe Manchin for president instead of Joe Biden, and never giving a “no” answer when pressed on his potential presidential aspirations:
“How would you feel if a bunch of Democrats in New Hampshire wrote in ‘Joe’ — not Biden — but…
