Barack Obama: “That's the dream that your parents have for you. And keeping that promise alive, that's the defining issue of our time.”

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.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

Listen, hypocrisy is progress.

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.