Barack Obama: “By nature, and if not by nature, then by virtue of the position, you end up having to be pragmatic.”

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

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.

there will be no kings"

The success of this experiment was never a given.