Manchin's vote doesn't matter. They would still have the votes. Pence would be the tie breaker.

[LBM20]

Stop beating up Manchin. We need to keep that seat. He is stilll better than a RePuke.

[scheming daemons]

1. Correct. Him voting NO wouldn't change a thing once Collins went YES.

[Scoopster]

2. So what?

FORCE Pence to cast that tie-breaker. Get him on the record voting to kill a fair & objective judiciary.

[Trumpocalypse]

5. Why?

Why should Manchin risk losing his seat just to make a political point.

[Scoopster]

32. He wouldn't lose his seat.

It would show he has a spine to his constituents, instead of the lack of one he's showing now. He also wouldn't blow all his fundraising for the final month of the campaign.

[Trumpocalypse]

37. He could.

Don’t make the mistake that people in West Virginia think like you do. If they did the state wouldn’t have gone for Trump in 16 by 42%.

[Gothmog]

53. We need this senate seat

If we want to block future trump judicial nominees, we need to keep this seat

[Trumpocalypse]

3. True

No need for Manchin to fall on his sword when it wouldn’t change the outcome.

[angrychair]

11. Yea

I’m sure the women and young girls of West Virginia will understand Manchin saying Dr. Ford was “confused” about her attacker and voting to confirm the drunk asshole that raped her.

[Trumpocalypse]

14. And I'm sure

they would rather have a Democrat in the senate than a republican.

[angrychair]

17. I'm sure rapist

And child molesters are happy that Kavanaugh will be there to here their side of the story.

That having a Democrat in the senate will ease a young girl’s mental anguish when they can’t get an abortion anymore after they are raped.

That they watched their mother die because they couldnt afford insurance after the ACA was repealed

[Trumpocalypse]

21. Whether Manchin

votes yes on no doesn’t make any difference. It only impacts his re-election at this point. Who do you want to control the Senate, the Dems or the GOP?

[Bengus81]

18. A Dem who voted with Republicans for an ANGRY DRUNK....

To do 30+ years destroying basic rights for those not RICH. Watch what happens once this POS gets a SC robe on him. Going to be fair and balanced like HE claims he is?? MY ASS.............

[Trumpocalypse]

23. It makes no difference how Manchin votes

Collins put it over the top. His vote will only impact his re-election. So do you want the GOP to stay in control of the Senate just to make a useless political point?

[Bengus81]

50. LOL...what makes you think he's getting re-elected??

And if he does and want does it matter,he votes with Republicans for Trumps ideas 61-71% of the time. He voted overwhelmingly for Scott Pruitt to run the EPA. He's pro life,he voted to start GUTTING Dodd-Frank so we can go through another Bush Wall St. disaster in the coming years. He thinks those Trump tariffs are great. He opposes gay marriage--the ONLY Dem Senator and is opposed to same sex marriage. The NRA gave him an A rating six years ago.

This guy is no Democrat........

[Trumpocalypse]

61. He's slightly ahead in the polls right now

and while he may be conservative, he is still a Democrat. Right now we need every seat. Or would you rather the GOP continue to control the Senate? We have to consider the bigger picture and not get hung up on an irrelevant vote.

[m-lekktor]

35. yeah that D after his name is all that matters.

Cut Manchin slack but curse Susan Collins out.

[Trumpocalypse]

39. Collins vote makes Manchin irrelevant.

[Zambero]

4. Yes, he is an unenthusiastic yes

With the outcome of the nomination now assured, keeping a red state seat in the Democratic column becomes the order of the day.

[angstlessk]

6. Manchin is 100% republican

he is NOT a Democrat..he only pretends to be.

[calguy]

8. He's a Democrat in a red state

He has to vote accordingly. I can't blame hum. If Collins had voted no he would have also.

[LBM20]

10. BULLSHIT! He is a D in a red state. Not every Dem can be ultra liberal. Get real!

[Hotler]

25. Supporting the party line at a time like this is not ultra liberal.

A real democrat would stand up and no. And it wouldn't take a week to think about it.

[onecaliberal]

36. End of the day, I ask myself, what does this guy stand for?

The answer is himself. Joe Manchin cares about Joe Manchin. Not his state, his so called party and definitely not his country. He needs to go.

[DonCoquixote]

38. please define "ultra Liberal'

Because it used to be that defending women and saying "no I will not support people who want to return the days of coat hangers and grabbing in the office" was not ultra liberal, but simply liberal.

[Bengus81]

55. Voting to keep an ANGRY DRUNK ABUSER off the SC is "Ultra Liberal"?!?!?!

Gawd...don't even know where to start with that one......

[Bengus81]

51. +1000

[Mike Nelson]

7. Agree...

… he's deprived Pence of his big moment. I like that - and he might be a vote for impeachment. It's Collins' full-throated, one-sided, and blathering speech I find disgusting... she's the person she was putting down in her own speech!

[bluecollar2]

30. "...and he might be a vote for impeachment...."

[standingtall]

9. No it matters despite the fact that Kavanaugh would be confirmed anyway

If he would've voted no then that would've signaled that we could count on him to vote yes when we get a chance to fix the fix republicans are making.

[LBM20]

12. Would have just risked losing the seat, and he is still better than an R. A fool's errand.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

13. Is he, though?

I believe the numbers show he votes with Trump more than against him.

Fuck that, guy.

[easttexaslefty]

15. Yep

[Garrett78]

16. Forcing Pence to break the tie would have reaped benefits.

Meanwhile, Manchin already had a 12-point lead in the polls. I'm not sure we're doing what is most politically expedient here.

[Nevilledog]

19. I agree with you.

[Bengus81]

57. Hell...at least make Republicans WORK as hard as possible for the vote.....

Instead of rolling over. Doesn't matter,they WIN once again and what will come from this ANGRY DRUNK on the SC will be monumental.

IMO,first order of business is finally KILLING off the ACA for Trump in his "destroy ANYTHING that Obama touched" two year mantra. Let's see how long it takes Kav and his ultra conservative SC buds to deem the ACA unconstitutional.

[Thrill]

20. What was the point? Does he think Trump isn't

Going to WV to campaign against him now? Got news for you Clueless Joe

[Sqee]

22. Then he should have forced it on Pence.

No doubt about it.

He will lose in November over this one vote. Come January 3, 2019, Joe Manchin will no longer be a US Senator. You heard it here first.

[WoonTars]

24. We need to keep the seat? So he can support MORE of Trump's picks?

No fucking thank you.

Fuck him. Twice.

[Bengus81]

58. Funny how peeps keep saying that. And the fact that Manchin votes for TRUMP ideas more than Dem

ideas and policies. He votes for Trump an avg of 65% of the time and he calls himself a Dem?!?!?

[hell674]

26. Manchin

I am curious. Who is the more dependable vote for the Democratic Party? Bernie or Manchin?

[Jake Stern]

47. Funny how that works

Bernie votes with the Dems 97% of the time but I swear it's almost de rigeur on DU to shit talk and dismiss him but this same crew will excuse almost anything to defend Senator 60%.

Where do we draw the line with Joe? What will it take? He's in effect telling sexual assault survivors that the value he puts on their experience and testimony depends, not on credibility and evidence, but on how well the rapist is polling back home and which way a senator from another state a thousand miles away votes.

[melman]

49. +1

Funny indeed.

[LovingA2andMI]

27. Seriously....

Who Need So-Called "D's" Like Manchin when we have a WHOLE BUNCH OF ENEMIES with R's, when he joins right along with them.

Screw Him. Pick up the seat, elsewhere.

[LisaL]

28. What exactly makes it better if he votes like a republican?

What is the difference between a democrats who votes republican and a republican? You might as well elect a real thing then.

[shanny]

29. I have less of a problem with his voting "yes"

than with saying Blasey Ford was "confused." Fuck that. Taking the vote you feel you have to for expedient reasons is one thing, denying reality is another.

[BlueStater]

31. Guess what?

Douchebag Jr. attacked Manchin on Twitter even after he said he'd vote for Judge McRapey. You really think Manchin's disgraceful act of cowardice is going to make the bozos in his state any less determined to get him out?

[TDale313]

33. The Optics of putting a Justice on the Supreme Court

Without even a majority vote would be awful. Manchin has also made seriously disturbing comments about Dr Ford being “confused”. Sorry, but with friends like these...

[HopeAgain]

34. If Republican v. Democratic is all that matters,

You may be correct. But if having moral and wise leadership matters at all anymore, than you are wrong. He's not a man that deserves an iota of respect.

[True_Blue]

40. +1000

[LovingA2andMI]

42. +1000000

Yep and all that....

[denbot]

43. Useless

Fraud.

[shanny]

44. Please explain his lame-ass excuse that Blasey was "confused."

If there is a bigger coward in the D party, I don't know who it is.

[Devil Child]

45. West Virginians will thank him for breaking rank and voting Republican

Then quickly kick him to the curb. Anyone who thinks this vote magically ensures his reelection is deluded.

[Jake Stern]

48. I seem to recall another Dem senator who voted with Team Elephant

thinking it would save her seat and was still tossed to the curb.

Mary Landrieu learned that voting R don't necessarily boost ones electoral chances in a red state.

[a kennedy]

46. DON'T CARE HE'S STILL A PIECE OF GARBGE TO ME...........

[Gothmog]

52. The GO/p had the votes without Manchin

[Coventina]

54. It shows a total disregard for half the human population.

Fuck him.

[Jake Stern]

59. Yep

He's basically telling women, especially sexual assault survivors, that the value he puts on their experience and testimony depends, not on credibility and evidence, but on how well the rapist is polling with the yokels in West Virginia and which way Susan Collins votes.

[theaocp]

56. Couldn't he just vote "present"?

Is that worse than depressing the vote through capitulation?

[lame54]

60. THEN MAKE PENCE BREAK IT...

It's a 1000% unethical vote
No Dem should vote for this loser

He still has 4 weeks to make his case
And there is a hell of a case to make

If we can't count on him for a vote this important what is the point

[MGKrebs]

62. I think it matters.

With Murk voting 'present' and that other R away at a wedding, they expect it to be 50-48. If Murk were to vote 'no', then it's 50-49. Manchin then becomes the deciding vote. If he were to flip then it is 49-50. Pence only votes in a tie, so they would have to wait for wedding dude to come back AND have Pence cast the tie-breaker.
So it's really Murkowski's fault. She's doing Manchin more of a favor than wedding dude.