Barack Obama: “I look forward to congratulating the team in person at the White House.”

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

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.

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

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.