Barack Obama: “I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.”

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

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.

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.