Joe Manchin says two-party system has ‘choked out’ independents, launches effort to elect more

Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin argued that America’s two-party system has left independent voters without meaningful representation, saying Republicans and Democrats have built a political structure that discourages competition and rewards ideological extremes.  “If you’re an independent, try to get on the ballot,” Manchin said on CBS News’s Face the Nation Sunday. “They make…