Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back.

Triangulation is not a strategy that will move America forward.

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.

ISIS has brought down a Russian airliner. ISIS has now attacked a western democracy in - in France. And we do have a role in this. Not solely ours, but we must work collaboratively with other nations.

The only thing that's consistent in politics is change.

We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.