Any chance Manchin gets a cabinet post

[davidinalameda]

and gets the hell out of Charleston?

[Staph]

1. Probably not.

He doesn't have the specialized knowledge required for a cabinet secretary. And I think he's planning on taking over Senator Byrd's seat in 2012.

[Lasher]

5. That's my bet, Staph.

Except that I think he's hoping to appoint himself to Bobby's Senate position prior to 2012. Smelly won't run against him either way 4 years from now because (a) she showed us 2 years ago that she's a chicken, (b) she can't beat him, and (c) she'll run for Governor so she can be just like daddy.

But Anne Barth is a newcomer they'll both have to take into account. I like her.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. I voted for prince Joey but it just about gagged me to do it...

He "was" an Underwood "Democrat" and he still is.

[Lasher]

4. it takes resolve to be a real Democrat like you.

I hurled for hours after I voted for Manchin.

:puke:

[Hubert Flottz]

7. If I hadn't pulled a straight ticket I'm afraid I might have backed out

when I came to His Foppishness the Governor's name on the card.

[MountainLaurel]

9. I think I'd have to bathe in bleach

To get the feeling of slime off of me.

[WVRICK13]

3. Lets Hope Not

This man is an idiot. Sure he is claiming a good economy in WV but it is at the cost of our mountains. The economy is propped up by mountain top removal and the laying to waste vast natural resources. The cost in the end will be more than WV has ever gained from the mining. With the exception of the corrupt politicians who are in Massey Energy's pocket.

I was at a meeting with this man when he was Secretary of State and he bragged about jerking a high school student up by his shirt and forcing him to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The he was dumb enough to say "by God this is America." If he had touched me in that manner I would have sued the pants off of him and pressed charges for assault and battery.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Welcome to DU Rick...

I don't like what the damned greedy fools are doing to our mountains any better than you do.

[WVRICK13]

8. Thanks

I think my biggest concern is that not only does mountaintop removal ruin the mountains, valleys and rivers it is a scam. It is non-union, uses hundreds less miners than underground methods and causes damage that costs more to fix than the money brought into the state budget. The only winners are Massey and the politicians who get the bribes.

[MadAnne]

10. Good luck finding a WV politician to stand up

against MTR.