Joe Manchin: “We're going to go to about a 54 percent reliance on the Guard and Reserve, versus about a 46 percent reliance on the…”

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

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…

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

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.