Manchin plays down potential 3rd-party bid with Huntsman as they appear with outside 'unity' group
Sen. Joe Manchin isn't running for president on a third-party ticket in 2024, he said on Monday in New Hampshire alongside Jon Huntsman Jr. at a No Labels event Sen. Joe Manchin isn't running for president on a third-party ticket in 2024, he said on Monday in New Hampshire -- and while he played down the possibility of changing his mind, his appearance at No Labels' Common Sense town hall alongside Jon Huntsman Jr. continued to fuel speculation that the two could be on a future "unity" ticket against Donald Trump and Joe Biden. That wasn't what either Manchin and Huntsman wanted to talk about at the event, however. "I think people are getting ahead of the Game , put[ting] the cart before the horse," Manchin, D-W.Va., said at the town hall when asked if Huntsman, a Republican, might be his 2024 running mate. "We're here to make sure that the American people have an option, and the option is can you move the political parties off their res...