Barack Obama: “Nominations sent to the Senate: Gerald J. Pappert, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern…”

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

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…

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.