I'm convinced in 100 years Obama will have an important place in the civic pantheon of American life.

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.

Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.

Liberals tend to romanticize the past, past leaders' failures.

Trump is what Obama critics think Obama is: Someone who's focused on symbolism rather than substance.

I never thought Hillary Clinton was a very good politician.

I don't think the Democrats need a silver bullet.