When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true.

The American people have now spoken, but it's going to take a little while to determine what they've said.

Along the way they're (MLB) going to lose millions of more American fans.

Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service.

Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.

[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.

It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.