Joe Manchin: “But 2014, that is when the States--it basically goes into effect, the expansion of Medicaid?”

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

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…

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

You did not elect the comforter in chief. You elected a basically commander in chief, and he's hit the ground running.