Joe Manchin: “I think Susan Collins is my very dear friend, and we work almost on everything together.”

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.

We’re not trying to start another party.

She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.