That seems like exactly what that guy would do. The only problem with that is you have to actually be an attractive candidate to be a spoiler. If he runs, he’s not really taking any votes from Biden because nobody who votes Biden is going to consider a party-line traitor like Manchin. If anything he’ll be spoiling the republican candidates who are looking for a less batshit alternative. But then again, that’s not how primaries work.
You don’t get to a position like Manchin’s without having a massive ego. He already enjoys being a spoiler in the senate. It’s his thing now. He’s the Democrats’ Rand Paul. So extending that to a presidential race makes sense from his perspective.
That seems like exactly what that guy would do. The only problem with that is you have to actually be an attractive candidate to be a spoiler. If he runs, he’s not really taking any votes from Biden because nobody who votes Biden is going to consider a party-line traitor like Manchin. If anything he’ll be spoiling the republican candidates who are looking for a less batshit alternative. But then again, that’s not how primaries work.
He’s probably doing it to collect a paycheck from the people paying him to be a spoiler.
You don’t get to a position like Manchin’s without having a massive ego. He already enjoys being a spoiler in the senate. It’s his thing now. He’s the Democrats’ Rand Paul. So extending that to a presidential race makes sense from his perspective.