Joe Manchin: “We have to--you are in the Education Department, you have to educate people on what is available.”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

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

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 not trying to start another party.