Barack Obama: “This is a promising step forward, though hard work and hard choices remain ahead.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

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.