election this fall, joe manchin tapped a 36-year-old former policy and political aid as a placeholder to fill a senate seat left vacant by death of robert c. byrd. i m now extremely proud, very proud to appoint cart goodwin to the united states senate. goodwin worked on manchin s campaign in 2004 and became the chieve legal count and will be the youngest serving senator sworn in on tuesday. senator byrd often carried copy of the constitution with him, casting the moment as generational passing of the torch, manchin gave a copy he received from byrd to byrd s successor. he wrote in this book to me, and i am pass iing this book to the new united states senator that will be seated in his honor. my sole objection is to make west virginia proud and i will have no agenda other than to work and fight hard every day for the west virginia families. that puts him at odds with
senator, the interim senator. seven minutes from when he was introduced, we got a lot of the governor speaking. the governor speaking. governor. that s the governor speaking. and that s the governor speaking. so, let s hold on. time out one second. we ll get back to it in a second. to be clear to the viewers, the governor is wanting to run. is that the way you do it. that guy wants to be senator. the young guy has to grab control of the mike. just follow chuck shumer. he s a graduate from merriam college with other great alums, including me. a little more video. cart goodwin is at the podium. you can see him there. young guy. he s going to be a senator. we ll see him on the senate floor. wait, wait, wait.
a senate seat left vacant by death of robert c. byrd. i m now extremely proud, very proud to appoint cart goodwin to the united states senate. goodwin worked on manchin s campaign in 2004 and became the chieve legal count and will be the youngest serving senator sworn in on tuesday. senator byrd often carried copy of the constitution with him, casting the moment as generational passing of the torch, manchin gave a copy he received from byrd to byrd s successor. he wrote in this book to me, and i am pass iing this book to the new united states senator that will be seated in his honor. my sole objection is to make west virginia proud and i will have no agenda other than to work and fight hard every day for the west virginia families. that puts him at odds with the obama administration even before he is sworn in. west virginia s economy hinges on coal and goodwin
former attorney general cart goodwin, with the expectation he will only serve up until the special election that would take place in november, that he would essentially be a place holder and would agree not to run in that special election upcoming, principle because governor joe manchin himself is expected to say the at 2:00 this afternoon that he will be runing in that special election and isn t going to appoint himself as interim senator, which is something he could have done and obviously chose not to because that could look bad. joe manchin will make that phraupbsment, cart goodwin, coming to washington and it s a big step. there were a number of people considered, a past party chairman and tommero form top staffer of senator byrd but goodwin, a long-time friend of the governor s, will take the job now. jon: what about republicans, can they beat joe manchin and pick up this seat in november? he s obviously popular
vowed to oppose the administration cap and trade climate legislation as death sentence for the national economy starting with his state. i will not support any piece of legislation that threatens any west virginia job, any west virginia famil famil family. reporter: mansion said he intends to run himself and goodwin agreed to consider the appointment temporary. the g.o.p. needs ten more senate seats to reclaim the majority. republicans are likely gaining in indiana, arkansas, north dakota and close races in california, washington, nevada, colorado. they may find manchin hard to beat. he is popular and renowned statewide political machine. most republicans think the best hope is shelly morcapitaux and many think is best position to challenge manchin in the fall. almost sure for the house re-election and not sure