MAYA ANGELOU: Well, I think just knowing that we’re about to celebrate, hist state of the union address, his second. Not that many white presidents have come in on the second term. And so I think our a country is healthier than we think it is. Many of the people who have the most raucous voices are heard. But the people who are really seen and counted are those who fill the ballot box. I think we’re in better shape than we know we are.

I hope she's right.