Trump team considering Sen. Joe Manchin for energy secretary

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: POLITICO

URL: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/trump-joe-manchin-for-energy-secretary-232068

by Darius Dixon


President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for the energy secretary job, according to three sources close to the discussions.

The conservative Democrat “is being considered to show the coal people how serious Trump is about coal,” one source said.

Manchin told POLITICO Thursday afternoon that he and his staff haven’t been contacted by Trump’s transition team and he didn't have any trips to New York City on his calendar. But Manchin, who is up for reelection in 2018 in a state that has become increasingly more Republican over the past decade, also didn’t dismiss the notion of taking DOE’s top job in the Trump administration.

“If I can do anything that would help my state of West Virginia, and my country, I would be happy to talk to anybody,” he told POLITICO. “Other than that, I haven’t heard anything ... I have nothing scheduled.”

Just last month, Manchin was named the vice chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.

Earlier Thursday the Trump transition announced that North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, another Democrat, would be making a trip to Trump Tower Friday.

[Night Hides Not]

Rick Perry is a much better fit, now that the huge new field in the Permian Basin has been discovered.

[Emjay]

Rick Perry is a much better fit, now that the huge new field in the Permian Basin has been discovered.

Rick Perry does have a lot of administrative experience and he is a good man.

Politico seems to be scraping the bottle of the barrel to report every rumor and every delivery boy to Trump Tower.

[thackney]

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D) WV
http://www.heritageactionscorecard.com/members/member/M001183

[mountaineer]

Mojo is a drunk and an idiot. He should not be in any president's administration.

[SirLinksALot]

Rick Perry is a much better fit, now that the huge new field in the Permian Basin has been discovered.

Isn't the Department of Energy one of those Department Perry wanted to close? ( I think that was the only one he remembered in the 2012 debate ).

[Night Hides Not]

Mojo is a drunk and an idiot. He should not be in any president's administration.

I don't see the strategy here, as the current WV governor is a Democrat, and would replace Manchin with another Democrat. Manchin's up for reelection next year, and WV is solidly red.

[Night Hides Not]

Isn't the Department of Energy one of those Department Perry wanted to close? ( I think that was the only one he remembered in the 2012 debate ).

Once ensconced in the office, Governor Gardasil will daily extol the virtues of his Department. He's malleable in that regard.

[Rivergirl]

Manchin's daughter is the lovely lady running the EpiPen company.  What a lovely family.

[Rivergirl]

O's  interior sec. turned off ALL drilling and exploring on public lands.   Thankfully Texas remains of limits to gov. intervention.

[Chosen Daughter]

Sen. Joe Manchin 111


League of Conservation voting scorecard

http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/joe-manchin-iii


I side with Joe Manchin Manchin on most Immigration issues in the West Virginia Senate Election.

https://www.isidewith.com/west-virginia-senate/160582615/issues/immigration

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mlm/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=46655&letter_id=10315859681&content_dir=politicsol

https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/7547/joe-manchin-iii#.WECXM2fTncd


https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/02/joe-manchin-coward-or-two-faced

Filling his cabinet with environmentalists and pro amnesty appointments?

[thackney]

Isn't the Department of Energy one of those Department Perry wanted to close? ( I think that was the only one he remembered in the 2012 debate ).

It was the one he forgot.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/rick-perrys-debate-lapse-oops-cant-remember-department-of-energy/

[thackney]

Sen. Joe Manchin 111


League of Conservation voting scorecard

http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/joe-manchin-iii


I side with Joe Manchin Manchin on most Immigration issues in the West Virginia Senate Election.

https://www.isidewith.com/west-virginia-senate/160582615/issues/immigration

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mlm/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=46655&letter_id=10315859681&content_dir=politicsol

https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/7547/joe-manchin-iii#.WECXM2fTncd


https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/02/joe-manchin-coward-or-two-faced

Filling his cabinet with environmentalists and pro amnesty appointments?

Immigration is not a role of the Department of Energy.

His record of votes on clean energy, global warming crap, pipelines is not encouraging.

[Chosen Daughter]

Immigration is not a role of the Department of Energy.

His record of votes on clean energy, global warming crap, pipelines is not encouraging.

I know immigration isn't but I am surprised that he is looking to fill positions with candidates who are opposed to what his campaign promises were.  And a house divided falls.

[mountaineer]

Manchin's daughter is the lovely lady running the EpiPen company.  What a lovely family.

Utterly corrupt.

[geronl]

corruption from the bottom up

[SirLinksALot]

Immigration is not a role of the Department of Energy.

His record of votes on clean energy, global warming crap, pipelines is not encouraging.

FROM ON THE ISSUES:

Here's Joe Manchin's record on Energy and Oil:


http://www.ontheissues.org/Joe_Manchin_III.htm

Obama's greenhouse gas plan won't solve the problem. (Oct 2010)

Named coal West Virginia's official state rock. (Jul 2010)

No regulation of greenhouse gases by EPA. (Jun 2010)

Stand up for our coal miners and their families. (Jan 2010)

Fund cellulosic biofuel research in Farm Bill. (Oct 2007)

Promote polygen--clean diesel from coal plants. (Sep 2006)

Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)

Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. (Mar 2010)

Looks OK to me so far....

[libertybele]

Rick Perry does have a lot of administrative experience and he is a good man.

Politico seems to be scraping the bottle of the barrel to report every rumor and every delivery boy to Trump Tower.

"Politico seems to be scraping the bottle of the barrel to report every rumor and every delivery boy to Trump Tower."

Exactly.  When Trump does appoint someone to his cabinet then I'll voice an opinion, until then, the MSM is simply filling the airwaves and printed material with fluff.

[thackney]

FROM ON THE ISSUES:

Here's Joe Manchin's record on Energy and Oil:


http://www.ontheissues.org/Joe_Manchin_III.htm

Obama's greenhouse gas plan won't solve the problem. (Oct 2010)

Named coal West Virginia's official state rock. (Jul 2010)

No regulation of greenhouse gases by EPA. (Jun 2010)

Stand up for our coal miners and their families. (Jan 2010)

Fund cellulosic biofuel research in Farm Bill. (Oct 2007)

Promote polygen--clean diesel from coal plants. (Sep 2006)

Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)

Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. (Mar 2010)

Looks OK to me so far....

Rather selective list.  No listing of anything in the past 5 years?

Try looking here:
http://www.heritageactionscorecard.com/members/member/M001183

He is not the worst Democrat for energy.  But there were a heck of a lot of better choices.

[Emjay]

Isn't the Department of Energy one of those Department Perry wanted to close? ( I think that was the only one he remembered in the 2012 debate ).

He wanted to close 4 or 5 and forgot one.  He was right about closing all of them but if they exist, a good administrator would be a good thing.

[ArneFufkin]

Mojo is a drunk and an idiot. He should not be in any president's administration.

What is the West Virginia process for replacing a Senator if he's named?   I see you have a Dem Governor, does he make the choice?

If so, I'd bypass Manchin in any Trump cabinet because he will be a reliable crossover Senate vote on every energy and other issue in his quest to be re-elected in '18. 

I never mind cherry-picking competent but vulnerable Senators from the other party for an Administration position if there is every confidence you can get someone from your party into the vacated slot.