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"To some of his colleagues, his iconoclasm, industry and impulsiveness
can be taxing. He springs his latest enterprise on the public with
little or no consultation with leadership — or even staff," Weisman reports. "But Mr.
Manchin’s jovial penchant for taking on serious tasks without seeming
terribly serious brings senators along."
“You rarely see any senator get involved in more issues so quickly and
yet so effectively,” Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, told Weisman. That's no surprise to folks back home, who remember him as a hands-on governor. “There wasn’t anything going on in any part of the state that he wasn’t
involved in,” state Sen. Jack Yost told Weisman. “It doesn’t surprise me that he has his hands
in everything there, too.” (Read more)
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