Barack Obama: “I am here to do one, simple thing, and that is to publicly thank David Obey for his extraordinary service to our…”

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.

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.