Obama Kicks Off Long Fight

President Obama “did more in 15 minutes Thursday night to ignite a divisive debate across the country he had once promised to unite than at any other moment during his six years in the White House,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“As a result, Mr. Obama now faces a final two years in office likely to be consumed by a new set of legal challenges and bitter political battles that will stretch far beyond the divided halls of government in Washington.”