Barack Obama: “It's time--indeed, its past time--for the comprehensive health care reform that most in Congress and our President have…”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

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.

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

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.