Barack Obama: “He's going to fight for working Americans. It's a perfect issue to take a stand on.”

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

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

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

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.