All too often, those who rail against “them” prevail over earnest pleas to remember what “we” can be and do together. Our brains have worked this way… - Bill Clinton

That’s the permanent mission our Founding Fathers left us — moving toward the “more perfect union.

Correction. He’s no idiot. He’s a ruthless tactician who orchestrated the takeover of the House, who knows his members better than they know themselves, who plays a long political game, who never forgets anyone who crosses him, however slight the insult or disrespect, who moves the pieces of the chessboard only after careful deliberation.

They should be impressed by the power of our example, not the example of our power.

And to the memory of my grandfather, who taught me to look up to people others looked down on, because we’re not so different after all