Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

Reverend Wright has been my friend and mentor for over 20 years.

We cannot allow internet service providers to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas.

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our Democracy; Tonight is your answer.

I think the irony ... is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government.

The same would be true for something like Social Security, where historically, if you just read the law and the fact that it excluded domestic workers or agricultural workers, you might not see race in it, unless you knew that that covered a huge chunk of African Americans, particularly in the South.

There is no excuse for not trying.