knowing the former president like you do, do you think he s chomping at the bit to get into this debate? i imagine the moral weight of this moment where you have a president of the united states telling people to go back to where they came from. i can t speak for president obama, but i imagine it weighs on him as it does on many americans. i was down in selma, and the philadelphia race speech. he s not hesitant to engage in moments like this, it s just more a matter of, what is going to be most productive in the long run. and right now, we need other democrats to step up. this is a moment where other voices have to be strengthened. are you surprised that there aren t more republicans i think it s a tragedy for the republican party. in 1957, hazel bryan yelled at a little girl integrating into a