The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete domination of the party. The moderate, mainstream and pragmatic leaders of the party have been pushed out or died off.

It's possible that the clowning and the buffoonery and the entertainment are a bigger part of what's happening than we've allowed. And that Trump is primarily an entertainer who wants ratings, and an undisciplined speaker, and it will all be less than we think. It's something that we have to consider as a possibility; we don't know.

In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really high level.

We're not going to be living in a world where white identity politics is the basis for a major political party.

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

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

Trump's not the future; his ideas and his coalition are a dead end.