Midterms are always hard. And the midterm in a two-term president's second term is especially hard.

Gay people are born into, and belong to, every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They are doctors and teachers, farmers and bankers, soldiers and athletes. And whether we know it or whether we acknowledge it, they are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.

I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.

I am going to get officers training to deescalate situations, ban racial profiling, and make body cameras available.

I love all the mentoring, the public-private partnership ideas.

I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press?