{"id":597213,"date":"2023-11-10T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/manchins-retirement-a-buzzkill-for-senate-democrats-2024-hopes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:30:00","slug":"manchins-retirement-a-buzzkill-for-senate-democrats-2024-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/manchins-retirement-a-buzzkill-for-senate-democrats-2024-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Manchin\u2019s retirement a buzzkill for Senate Democrats\u2019 2024 hopes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/manchinjoe_090523gn07_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) on Thursday made official what his colleagues had privately suspected for months, that he won\u2019t be returning to Washington as a senator in 2025, putting Democrats on an uphill path to keeping their Senate majority in next year\u2019s election. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that Manchin will walk away from the Senate at the end of next year landed on Senate Democrats with a thud, killing the giddy buzz they were feeling after winning key state races in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A hallmark of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s (D-N.Y.) tenure as Senate Democrats\u2019 chief political strategist has been to persuade incumbents to run for reelection in tough races.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s announcement means, Democrats will have to win seven competitive races in Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin \u2014 all Republican-leaning or swing states \u2014 to keep control of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>While Manchin\u2019s retirement isn\u2019t a complete surprise for Democrats, it came sooner than many had expected. He previously said he wouldn\u2019t make a decision until the end of the year and even suggested to reporters as he was leaving the Capitol Thursday that he was still wrestling with the decision. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The announcement underscores what many Democrats know, which is that President Biden\u2019s low job <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval rating and the lack of enthusiasm even among Democrats for a second Biden term is a headwind for vulnerable Democratic incumbents. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A New York Times\/Siena College poll published Sunday showed former President Trump leading Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchin declared confidently in April that he would \u201cwin any race I enter.\u201d But by mid-November, it had become increasingly clear that even he probably couldn\u2019t win in West Virginia against popular Republican Gov. Jim Justice (R), the likely Senate GOP nominee. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats don\u2019t have any clear opportunities to flip Republican seats. The most vulnerable Republican incumbents, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), are favored by prognosticators to win their re-elections. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Democratic senator who requested anonymity to speak frankly about the tough odds that Democrats face in their fight to keep their Senate majority pointed to Montana, Ohio and Arizona as now the hardest Democratic-controlled seats to defend. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the lawmaker warned that Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which are all represented by Democrats, won\u2019t be easy wins. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou look at three very difficult states in Arizona, Montana, and Ohio and then four pure purple states in Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The odds of winning all seven of those are really low but we have to try,\u201d the senator said, warning that if President Biden wins re-election to a second term and Republicans win control of the Senate \u201cnot a single judge will get confirmed\u201d and \u201cthe executive nominees will be tortured.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then what if Biden doesn\u2019t win? Then we really need a Senate that serves as a bulwark.\u201d the lawmaker warned. \u201cThey\u2019re going to [nominate] every single crazy right-wing nutcase from the Federalist Society.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), who left the Democratic Party in December to become an independent, is still counted as part of the Senate Democrats\u2019 51-seat majority, even though she no longer attends caucus meetings. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>She has yet to say whether she will run for re-election and faces a likely three-way <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election battle against Republican Kari Lake and progressive Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said he wasn\u2019t surprised by Manchin\u2019s decision, a view echoed by other Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he would run again months ago but as the time dragged out I guess I started to hear more and more people say, \u2018He\u2019s probably not going to run.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018I hope he will, I wish he will,\u2019 but I guess I wasn\u2019t surprised,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Kaine acknowledged it\u2019s \u201ccompletely\u201d tougher to keep Manchin\u2019s seat in Democratic hands without the three-term veteran senator running for re-election. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons I suspect that Joe\u2019s not running, I\u2019m sure he\u2019s polling, he\u2019s looking at what the chances are,\u201d he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kaine acknowledged that Senate Democrats face a tough battle to keep their majority but insisted they still have a real chance. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He pointed out that political handicappers predicted Democrats would lose the Senate in the 2022 midterm election and they instead expanded their majority to 51 seats. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew it was going to be tough, it\u2019s going to be tough. People counted us in 2022 and they were wrong,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that political handicappers initially didn\u2019t think Democrats would do well in the 2023 Virginia state legislative races and the party kept its state Senate majority and won control of the House of Delegates. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said \u201cit\u2019s better for America if we have a party in charge that cares about health care, housing and education and civil rights and climate.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have one less person on the team that hurts,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Manchin\u2019s retirement makes it tougher to keep control of the Senate, Merkley acknowledged: \u201cYes, it does.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who won a hard-fought and closely decided Senate race in Pennsylvania last year, said Manchin\u2019s announcement was not a big surprise, given his poor polling numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obvious,\u201d he said. \u201cI think everyone \u2014 being honest \u2014 was already building that into the stock price for while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows West Virginia is the reddest state of all of them, so it\u2019s not a surprise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Fetterman said he feels \u201creally great\u201d about Democrats winning in Pennsylvania, Montana, Ohio, Arizona and other battlegrounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Democratic strategist insisted that Democrats have a realistic chance of beating Cruz and Scott in Texas and Florida, noting that both Republican senators narrowly won election in 2018. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke (D-Texas) came within 2 points of beating Cruz in 2018 while Scott won his seat with 50.06 percent of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the nonpartisan rates the Texas and Florida Senate races as \u201clikely R\u201d wins. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on Thursday hailed Manchin\u2019s retirement as a big political development and argued they are now, in essence, only one seat away from winning back the Senate majority, since West Virginia is a heavily Republican-leaning state. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Senate Republican aide called Manchin\u2019s announcement a \u201chuge\u201d development that puts Republicans on the cusp of controlling the upper chamber. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe head into the election with a 50-50 Senate,\u201d the source said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on Thursday was ready to put Manchin\u2019s West Virginia seat in the Republican win column. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like our odds in West Virginia,\u201d he said with a heavy dose of understatement. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump racked up some of his biggest margins of victory in West Virginia, winning the state with 68 percent of the vote in 2016 and 69 percent in 2020. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Senate Republican strategist said that taking Manchin\u2019s seat out of the field of competitive races will put more pressure on other vulnerable incumbents, especially Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to make Montana a lot more expensive very quickly,\u201d said the strategist, who said that Democrats are already increasing their independent-expenditure buy in the state. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tester launched his first campaign television ad in Montana this week, making a six-figure buy on a spot that highlights his biography as a third-generation farmer who drives a beat-up pick-up truck with a gun rack in the cab. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Communications Director David Bergstein said Democrats still have \u201cmultiple pathways to protect and strengthen our Senate majority\u201d and are in a strong position. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to defending our battle-tested incumbents, we\u2019ve already expanded the battleground map to Texas and Florida, where formidable Democratic candidates are out-raising unpopular Republican incumbents,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the optimistic talk from the Senate Democratic campaign arm, Democratic senators themselves expressed disappointment with Manchin\u2019s decision. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sad he\u2019s not running again,\u201d Kaine said, noting that he and Manchin had their policy differences, notably over approval of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline that will pump natural gas across West Virginia and Virginia. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchin championed the project while Kaine fiercely opposed it. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) even joked that he would challenge Manchin to a wrestling match and that stakes would be Manchin\u2019s continued service in the Senate. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to challenge him to a fight and \u2026 whoever wins a wrestling match should have their will be done,\u201d he jested about literally twisting Manchin\u2019s arm to get him to run again. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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