My first thought when Manchin went off on Magoo for promising to close down coal was that Manchin was setting himself up to switch parties if republicans take the senate. Today Clay Travis said the same thing

Now I have very mixed feelings about this. I would certainly like to see one more Republican on the senate to grow the margin. On the other hand, I am not fond of another RINO like McCain or Romney or Collins or Murkowski who are untrustworthy and can be counted on to support McConnell who has to be kicked to the curb. Manchin is only trying to protect his ass in 2024 and it won’t work because West Virginia has awakened to the fraud he is. Also if he does switch he should not be allowed to chair a committee because of his seniority. Only count toward his seniority the time he’s been a republican.