What a reminder that Obama is better at talking than anyone you've ever met. In his absence, it's easy to strawman who he is and what he represented. What he is is a genius political communicator and good guy.

I wish he'd talk more, provide consistent framing for current electeds.

It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.