Barack Obama: “We commend the people of Ethiopia for their civic participation.”

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

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

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.