Barack Obama: “I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the proposed Protocol and related Agreement and…”

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away