Joe Manchin answers a question that no one was asking

But he answered it anyway.

From The Hill -

Manchin says he wouldn’t serve as Harris VP

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Monday said he would not consider serving as Vice President Harris’s running mate, arguing it is time for a “new generation” following President Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race.

When asked on “CNN This Morning” if he would consider running as VP with Harris — whom Biden endorsed to replace him on the ticket — Manchin said, “No, I’m not.”

A lot of Democrats have rallied around Harris but I believe that the surest way for her to throw away that support would to put forward former Democrat Manchin as her choice for VP.

Actually, I think that Andrew Cuomo has a better chance a being the VP nominee, and he doesn't have a snowball's chance in Phoenix in July.

FWIW - I *do* believe that her eventual VP choice will be an Eastern governor from a swing state...assuming that Harris is comfortable with one being VP.

The biggest winners in Tuesday's election?

Hint: *Not* the American people.

If the runoff election in GA goes Sen. Warnock's way*, the Senate will likely be 50-50 again, until 2024 this time, so the real "winners" will be Sens. Sinema and Manchin.

They'll still be relevant.

* - And if it goes the way of Republican Walker, Sinema and Manchin will be less relevant.  The Rs will then hold a 51-49 advantage in the chamber, and Mitch McConnell will use that advantage to kill off the filibuster in order to railroad through a raft of bad bills.