Joe Manchin: “disproportionate number of our military come from those small towns in West Virginia and Iowa.”

It can't be this total political division. It's not my fault. It's your fault. It's their fault.

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

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

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