Joe Manchin: “What is the dropout rate? You ever look at the dropout rate?”

We’re not trying to start another party.

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

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.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.