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GOP already hitting Manchin as pawn of Senate Democrats
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Nov 09, 2010 04:22pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Shane D'Aprile |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 9, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The National Republican Senatorial Committee took its first shot at a Senate Democrat up for election in 2012 on Tuesday, hitting Sen.-elect Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) amid rumors that the GOP is working to convince him to switch parties.
Manchin, who defeated Republican John Raese last week after a closer-than-expected campaign that saw the conservative Democrat running away from President Obama, is tamping down speculation that he could leave the Democratic Party after FoxNews reported Monday that the GOP is making overtures.
Manchin will have to run for a full six-year term in 2012, when he may very well be a top GOP target once again.
In a release Tuesday, the NRSC accused Manchin of "doubling down on his commitment to anti-coal U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who spearheaded the failed $787 billion stimulus debacle and strongly supports a job-killing cap-and-trade energy tax." |
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