Joe Manchin: “So we can go--we can identify some areas ourselves where they are just, they just cannot get service.”

We’re not trying to start another party.

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.

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

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