Barack Obama: “His 2012 Budget provides strategic investments in these domains while also streamlining aspects of the Federal…”

America is currently experiencing anger and vision but we are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

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.

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