Joe Manchin: “I think federalism does say we believe in the states, we believe the government closest to the people is the most…”

Let me just say that I think what happened is we have a bill that is hard to vote against. It really is. And I understand why there were 73 Senators who voted for it. Senator Cruz has had this and worked diligently for many years on this…

The brand got so bad, the D brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of it's just -- it's toxic.

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.

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