Joe Manchin: “We need help on that. I was alarmed to see that the meeting that was going on today and how it was put together.”

We’re not trying to start another party.

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

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 way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.