Obama optimism

Yes, people can change.

Our optimism has to be extended to people — even, or perhaps especially, to those we don’t agree with, said President Obama in an interview about his new book .

“Sometimes we put (other people) in a box and we assume that they’re never going to change, and I reject that,” Obama said. “I think the country has … shown itself capable of changing.”

President Obama and Bruce Springsteen are the authors of Renegades.