Job One for Dems in 2022, Make Joe Manchin Irrelevant

Joe Manchin, the senior senator from West Virginia is either relishing his moment in the sun or is thoroughly at a loss as to how to effectively utilize his newfound leverage resulting from a 50/50 Senate. The senator has sent so many mixed signals on what he will and won’t support, any rational observer would be rendered perplexed by the seemingly incessant contradictions.

Over the last 50 years, West Virginia has undergone a sweeping political transition. The state was once a reliably democratic stronghold forged largely on the strength…