Joe Manchin: “I just want to make sure you know this is a partnership and we need it, and if we don't do it and do it right, God help…”

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

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

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

We’re not trying to start another party.