Joe Manchin: “Well, we tried to get rid of it, but the President over--he vetoed us.”

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

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

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.