Barack Obama: “That's America. We innovate. And we adapt. We move forward.”

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.