Barack Obama: “I am absolutely committed as President of the United States to making sure that we have a country in which everybody…”

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

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.

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