Jimmy Carter: “I think it's obvious that we are determined to control inflation.”

I fear for our democracy.

I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.

Carter says the animosity directed at the president over health care, the big bailouts, is being driven because Mr. Obama is a black man.

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.