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GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
« on: April 07, 2018, 10:53:06 pm »
GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
By Jordain Carney - 04/07/18 12:17 PM EDT

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former coal CEO’s post-prison rise is scrambling the GOP battle to unseat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.).

Don Blankenship, released from jail less than a year ago, now appears to be within striking distance of the party’s nomination.

Strategists — and even his primary opponents — acknowledge he’s managed to turn an expected showdown between Rep. Evan Jenkins (W.Va.) and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey into a three-way fight with roughly a month to go until the May 8 primary election.

“It is a weird little race right now, [but] it’s looking like a legitimate three-person race,” said a national GOP strategist who is monitoring the Senate fight.

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Re: GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2018, 11:26:17 pm »
Blankenship and Jenkins have done nothing but negative, dishonest campaigning against Morrisey. While I believe any of them would be better than Manchin, I'd rather see Morrisey as Senator.
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Re: GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2018, 11:59:05 pm »
GOP worries  (insert your choice of anything here).
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Re: GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2018, 12:05:49 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on April 07, 2018, 11:26:17 pm
Blankenship and Jenkins have done nothing but negative, dishonest campaigning against Morrisey. While I believe any of them would be better than Manchin, I'd rather see Morrisey as Senator.

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What do you like about Morrisey?  Do you think he has a better chance against Manchin?
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Re: GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2018, 12:11:45 am »
Quote from: LauraTXNM on April 08, 2018, 12:05:49 am
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What do you like about Morrisey?  Do you think he has a better chance against Manchin?
I know Patrick personally and believe he has a solid track record of conservatism and real accomplishments. He's the current state attorney general. He lacks charisma, for want of a better word, whereas Jenkins is probably more photogenic (heaven knows the voters can be superficial!). I'm not sure any of them has a chance against ol' Mojo, though, who is nothing but a weather vane. Many West Virginians know he'd jump on the gun-grabbing train if his DNC masters so ordered, but still consider him more "one of us" than Morrisey or Jenkins. As for Blankenship, I'm not sure what he brings to the table except his ire at being persecuted by the Obama administration.
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