Manchin Continues to Receive Harsh Criticism for His Desperate Attempts to Distract Voters (Flip Flops)

When we first heard that Manchin was going to run, we figured he would run away with the election since he was a popular Governor. Not living near West Virginia we had no idea he was such a huge Obama/Pelosi supporter and had been out campaigning for Obamacare. That might work as Governor but not as a Senator. Then we hear that he wasn't fighting Obama/Pelosi's Cap and Trade and he comes from a coal energy producing state. That led us to question how he was going to win in West Virginia running for Senate because West Virginia is NOT a liberal state and did not come close to voting for Obama. Yet their popular Governor was in the hip pocket of Obama.

As time has gone on, we have come to realize the Manchin they liked as Governor does not translate into Manchin for Senate. When you start having one of the larger West Virginia daily newspapers along with the Huffington Post go after Machin for his flip flopping on healthcare, you realize that Machin's plans to become a Senator are slowing eroding. His opponent John Raese has been ahead in the polls for some time. West Virginians can count on Raese to vehemently oppose any bills that would hurt the West Virginia coal industry while working to increase safety. He will be representing the residents of West Virginia not Obama/Pelosi in the Senate.

Manchin Continues to Receive Harsh Criticism for His Desperate Attempts to Distract Voters

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 @ 10:10 AM

Finally, in West Virginia, liberal Governor Joe Manchin continues to face harsh criticism for his desperate attempts to distract voters from his rubberstamp support for President Barack Obama’s liberal agenda in Washington. The Charleston Gazettereports:

Gov. Joe Manchin appeared on Fox News Sunday yesterday, telling host Chris Wallace that he wouldn’t have voted for health care reform if he had been in the Senate at the time… The National Republican Senatorial Committee slammed Manchin after the Fox interview, accusing him of trying to “re-invent himself.” “No matter how hard career politician Joe Manchin tries to re-invent himself, the reality is that when the rubber met the road, he rubber-stamped ObamaCare and the failed stimulus, and if elected to the Senate he will continue to rubber-stamp the Obama agenda,” NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh said in a statement. “A vote for Joe Manchin on November 2nd will be a vote for the Obama agenda.”

And Politico looks at Manchin’s “outright turnaround – and a sign of Manchin’s difficult task in his race for the Senate.”

Even some of Manchin’s supporters agreed that his most recent comments on the issue smack of political posturing – even if he also honestly believes that some portions of the bill are passable….The governor’s position on health care has left some local Democrats scratching their heads. “There’s many, many parts of the health reform plan that are positive for West Virginians,” said Matheney. “But I am not clear about the parts that he opposes.”

A new Fox News battleground state poll of likely voters shows Republican John Raese still leading with 48 percent of the vote, the same as the two previous Fox News polls.

John Raese is a businessman, a family man and – first and foremost – a West Virginian!

That statement sums up John Raese who is running against the Governor of West Virginia to fill the Senate seat left by the death of Robert Byrd. The more you learn about John Raese and his conservative values, the more you realize that this man will represent all of West Virginia when he goes to the Senate. West Virginia is not a liberal state but a state that when someone is elected, they keep sending them back. Now is the time with this open seat for West Virginians to send a Conservative to the Senate to represent the conservative values of a lot of West Virginians.




Last thing West Virginians need in the Senate is another rubber stamp for Obama and his agenda -- they have one of those with Jay Rockefeller. Now they can have a voice by sending the Conservative John Raese to the Senate from West Virginia. 

NRSC Statement On West Virginia Senate Debate
Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 08:10 PM

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Communications Director Brian Walsh issued the following statement in response to the West Virginia U.S. Senate debate this evening:

“West Virginians know that the Obama policies rubber-stamped by Joe Manchin, like ObamaCare and the $787 stimulus debacle, have failed to create jobs while driving our national debt past $13.6 trillion. And no matter how hard Joe Manchin tries to run from his record and past statements, one thing is clear – a vote for Joe Manchin on November 2nd is a vote for the Obama agenda.”

Last night's debate showed that Manchin no matter what positions he is attempting to portray now is nothing but an Obama rubber stamp. With Obama not campaigning for his good friend, Manchin, it shows the Obama factor would have a negative impact on this race for Machin as he tries to run away from his all out support for Obama.  Manchin has one major problem in that he cannot hide the fact he has been on board with Obama and his agenda from Day One. Reminder to all on what WV Governor Manchin supports:




Manchin is a Rubber Stamp for Obama on Obamacare:




Kerry like flip flopping continues by Manchin, Crist, and others who have shown a lack of core values as they pander for votes. If you truly believe something, you will stand up and continue to support that agenda. It is only when you are willing to sell out your core values that you come across as phony which is what Manchin is doing today.

West Virginians have a chance to fill the seat left vacant by Byrd with a lifelong West Virginian John Raese who will represent their Conservative values.  Time to tell Governor Manchin -- NO THANKS!