U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who for months has been teasing a possible third-party presidential run, told supporters at a private gathering that he plans to meet with President Joe Biden to get him to move his policies and positions more to what he sees as the “center.” Manchin, who last year announced he will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, has also suggested he might leave the Democratic Party to become an independent. The West Virginia Senator “spoke at a private gathering last night” in Darien, Connecticut, and “said he plans to meet with” President Biden “in the coming da…