Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off
Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off
The party can’t find a candidate further to the right than Manchin, and Manchin isn’t seeking re-election because he knows he can no longer win.
Moving to the right has failed. Even if Shrewsbury loses, and I’m so fucking delighted to say this, he’s the best candidate you have. If he doesn’t win, it’s because centrist Democrats stayed home when they didn’t get their first choice and didn’t want to vote blue no matter who.
If he does win, centrists were lying about progressives not being able to win red states.
West Virginia has pretty equal numbers of registered Democrats and Republicans (36.5% & 36.8% respectively) so this will be a battle over turn out and convincing the remaining voters. We’ll see where his numbers are in six months.
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