Barack Obama: “We need to cut waste where we find it and create a Government that is efficient, effective, and responsive to the…”

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.

I think when you understand the complexities of America and the contradictions of America, I don’t think it makes you love it less. I think it makes you love it more.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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