Joe Manchin: “I just back from the Bakken at the invitation of Senator Hoeven.”

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

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 not trying to start another party.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.