Conservatives are much more comfortable supporting the leader who's in power than liberals.

It's possible that Trump will have success by staging jobs theatre, rather than creating jobs. It's the inverse of what Obama did: saving an enormous amount of jobs without having the televised theatre to go along with it.

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

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.

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

Barack Obama is pretty similar to the person you see in public, at press conferences. He's a little saltier, a little more sarcastic and cutting.

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