Well, howdy there, internet people, Lidsboo again. So today we are going to talk about the

senator from West Virginia mansion and the possibility of him running for president in 2024 and all of the all of the

conversation that has circulated over the last couple of days and what it

likely really means when you get past all of the talk. So there is an organization called No Labels. They self-described as a

centrist group. They are trying to get ballot access in all 50 states.

Manchin has had a long relationship with this group.

There have been questions about whether or not he would run for a nationwide office with

them and he won't answer.

He's basically saying he won't make a decision about his political future until later this year or something like that.

He's always kind of evasive about it.

But right now it coming up at this moment seems

seems tactical in nature as we talked about a few days ago

mansion has real competition competition in West Virginia.

Justice, the governor there, has indicated an interest in running for his seat.

Justice is incredibly popular.

So, the conventional wisdom, right away, the knee-jerk reaction that people have had is Manchin knows he's going to lose

so he's going to try this wild play via a third party to become president.

No.

Oh, if there's anything that we have learned about Senator Manchin over the years, it's that there's no

mystery. You can always count on him to do what is best for him. If he plays up the idea that he might run as a

third party candidate and somebody who might siphon off votes from Biden, he might have a little bit more leverage

when it comes to talking to the Democratic Party and getting support for his re-election campaign, getting some extra money,

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