Joe Manchin: “I acknowledge we are facing a very difficult spending climate, and we hope we can focus on bipartisan areas of need.”

They’re the kind of the centrist Democrats you need.

What I saw was shameful.

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

Listen, this is not normal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And we shouldn’t be hating each other.