Barack Obama: “That's not right, that's not safe, and it needs to stop.”

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.

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.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.