Barack Obama: “We did not fight so hard for this reform for so many years just to build a web site.”

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

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.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.