Joe Manchin: “If it was not for the Guard, I do not think the majority of the people in this country would even know the military.”

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

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

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

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