Quite so, as did Joe Biden for decades and various Sasquatch sightings of him running for president. I wonder what ever happened to him.
The thing that is new and different with Manchin though is that his "Senate home" for him to wander back to no longer exists after the next election. So that makes certain flirtations with the idea more serious now.
Christie digs a hole in the sand, buries the turd known as DeSantis.
Christie pokes at DeSantis: ‘We don’t make our country better by continuing to rumormonger things’ The former New Jersey governor responded to his presidential rival’s comment that it’s “possible” the FBI or Justice Department could interfere with the DeSantis campaign. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/19/2024-campaign-christie-desantis-00107242