Joe Manchin actually said...

"I think that's what the senator from Alaska--all of us--just work with us. We'll be the best partner you've ever had."

"the only thing I would say and the frustration I would have--and I know that Senator Murkowski and other people who have a lot of natural resources in our State--is why is the government allowed to be..."

"I think first of all, the thing that intrigues us, both from the Democrat and Republican side, this is a bipartisan proposal from a Democrat and a Republican."

"That seemed to be a pretty good compromise that they'd worked out and a pretty good strategy everybody was working on."