has been like family to me. i can't disown him as much as i can disown my own white grandmother. these people are part of me. and they are part of america. this country that i love. >> i thought it was taking a moment that is normally responded to by a politician with denials and avoidance, we're not going to comment any further. and instead he made something useful out of it. >> the profound mistake of reverend wright's sermons is not he spoke about racism in our society, but he spoke as if our society was static. what we know is that america can change. >> hillary clinton had a chance to catch obama from behind. but when obama gave his great speech on race, that was it. that was the end. she was never going to catch up. >> one year, four months and 18