Manchin Brushes Off Poor Poll Numbers on Possible Bid

“Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declined to speculate Tuesday on whether he will make a third-party run for president, while playing down the significance of poll numbers that showed such a campaign having little support among voters,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

But he said he plans to kick off the next chapter of his political career in January by traveling for two months with the hope of mobilizing “people like myself who feel like they are homeless—politically homeless.”