Joe Manchin: “I agree 1,000 percent. We`re on the same page, gang. We really are.”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

We’re not trying to start another party.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.