Yeah, much more like Manchin. The problem for the open convention people is that clearly they had a profile in mind but they also couldn't unify around any particular figure (and Manchin in particular...boy, I don't think that dog will/would have hunted).

I mention a little bit more about this (coincidentally!) in today's post musgrave.substack.com/p…

but my general read is that the progressives found themselves trying to fend off a donor class attempt to use electability issues to replace the top of ticket with a more congenial approach. I think that some names (e.g. Wes M*ore) were stalking horses for that. That explains what looks like an awkward AOC-Biden-Bernie axis against Schiff-Pelosi-etc.