Joe Manchin: “I think it was very draconian how it's been implemented across-the-board.”

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

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

We don't even have a budget anymore.

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