Barack Obama: “I mean they -- at various points they've half the -- almost half the country saying this is good for the country…”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.