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(47,345 posts)him is stupid, as we will lose the seat for sure, but I am under NO illusion that Manchin is flat-out what is for the best interest of the nation on many subjects. We need to elect enough non-conservadems to neuter Manchin, Sinema and whoever else wants to play footsie with the centre-right (or become the centre right themselves). Manchin and Sinema would be considered as shading towards the beginning of the rightward edge of most all core EU nations' centre right parties. Henry Cuellar (forced birther, A- rated by NRA, anti-LGBTQ, pro private prisons and big oil, anti-immigrant, supports, fundraises for, and campaigns for a racist RW climate change denier Rethug in John Carter, etc) would be considered a hard radical RW'er. That is how artificially skewed to the right the US political scales are.