Thunderdome: Will the West Virginian Upend 2024?

Plus: A Substantive Debate Too Late?

Welcome to Thunderdome, where you might think that today would be focused on the off-year election (many lessons on that below) or the debate last night (a few takeaways to be sure), but the breaking news has overtaken all of this: Joe Manchin, the longtime West Virginia Governor and Senator, has announced that he will retire rather than run for re-elec…