Do you really think I'm going to go on record telling you the craziest thing I've ever done. There's a reel in my brain, and I think I'll keep it there. No regrets, though.

We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.

The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.

Young African - millennials really love Barack Obama.

North Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."