Barack Obama: “I am pleased that these talented individuals have joined my administration as we work to tackle the many challenges…”

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

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.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.