Joe Manchin: “I have not spoken to one CEO of a major utility that believes that they have the right mix in their energy portfolio.”

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.

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 build a true independent network.

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