TRUMP JUMPS INTO WEST VIRGINIA SENATE RACE – AT 12:58 P.M. ET:   Joe Manchin, the incumbent Democratic senator, is up for re-election in November, but the president worries that the Republicans will lose their chance to unseat him by nominating a jerk.  From Fox: 

President Trump made an extraordinary appeal Monday for Republican primary voters to oppose former coal baron Don Blankenship in the looming West Virginia Senate primary, saying he “can’t win” in the general election.

Trump, in an early-morning tweet, instead urged voters to pick one of his two rivals, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey or Rep. Evan Jenkins.

“To the great people of West Virginia we have, together, a really great chance to keep making a big difference. Problem is, Don Blankenship, currently running for Senate, can’t win the General Election in your State...No way! Remember Alabama. Vote Rep. Jenkins or A.G. Morrisey!” Trump tweeted.

COMMENT:  Trump is a quick learner.  No covering up the recent Alabama disaster, where the Republicans worked hard to lose an easy Senate special election by nominating the worst possible candidate.   It can happen again in West Virginia.  Don Blankenship is a convicted felon, and, as the president wrote, probably has no chance to take the Senate seat away from Joe Manchin. 

The primary is tomorrow. 

May 7, 2018