Barack Obama: “I look forward to a very productive discussion around issues that we're both equally concerned about.”

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

I was a little tall for it.

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.

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…