Joe Manchin: “It is hard sometimes to find good recruits. You seem to be the best of the best.”

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

She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

They don't believe in these extreme causes and going to the extreme mats and fighting each other and hating the other side.