Barack Obama: “I think I made a mistake. And I told Tom that. I take responsibility for the appointees.”

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

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.