Rick Perry admits that deregulation of the financial services industry, and insufficient economic stimulus in the wake of economic collapse, were mistakes. Cool!

Republicans jumped on Clinton’s decision [in her speech today] to cite her ties to Obama and were trying to raise money off the speech almost as soon as it ended. In an email appeal asking for donations, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry wrote, “We want to look toward a brighter future, not backward at the failed policies of the Obama-Clinton years.”

— In 2016 kickoff, Clinton embraces potential to make history, Lisa Lerer, Associated Press, today

Yup. We must demand a return to the failed policies of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan.  Y’know, if we want a brighter future.