Wesley Morris:

Donald Trump is the pathogenic version of Obama, filling his supporters with hope based on a promise to rid the country of change.

Mike Berland, on Donald Trump:

He fills the Twitter stadium every day.

Wesley Morris:

We had never really had a white president until we had a black one.

Paul Krugman:

Race made Reaganism possible.

Wesley Morris:

We're a vertical nation moving horizontally. We're daring to erase the segregating boundaries, to obliterate oppressive institutions, to get over ourselves. The transition should make us stronger -- if it doesn't kill us first.