Joe Manchin: “President Obama should have requested a defense budget that reflects the scale and scope of the national security…”

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

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

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

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…