Like most of us, Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia had really never heard of him before this morning. Sabato calls Goodwin “just a placeholder for now.” But he adds: “Of course, Manchin is setting Goodwin up to run for major office. ‘I’m a former U.S. Senator. But just call me Senator!’ He could run for Rockefeller’s seat when he retires, or even governor. I watched a C-SPAN tape of him. Very smooth, good-looking, rich, well connected, youthful, and now a U.S. senator. Some people have everything!”