I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.
Barack ObamaOne of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.
Barack ObamaIf people, whether they are conservative or liberal, left or right, are unwilling to compromise and engage in the democratic process, and are taking absolutist views, and demonizing opponents, then democracy will break down.
Barack ObamaStarting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
Barack ObamaIt [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted.
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