Barack Obama: “my first order of business is to urge Congress to reopen the government and remove the threat of default”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

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.

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

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