Tonight Houstonians said yes to a future like that, and I am glad the Victory Fund helped make that happen," Parker said.
This would ensure sufficient additional support in anti-Tory Scotland for a successful yes campaign in a future referendum.
On the other hand, Alex Salmond quitting as SNP leader after narrowly losing the independence referendum looks a masterstroke with hindsight: by going when he could respectably have stayed, Salmond arguably made a future yes vote more likely.
Dugdale was also forced to clarify her stance on Scottish independence after saying in the same interview that "it's not inconceivable" she could support a future yes vote if the UK leaves the EU.
She replies, "Oh, yes, a country with a future.
How can you in a split second, think, yes, I can foresee a future in which me and this person might have sex and a sweater we both wear and Christmas together and an apartment and a baby and a life insurance policy?
How can you in a split second, think, yes, I can forsee a future in which me and this person might have sex and a jumper we both wear and Christmas together and a flat and a baby and a life insurance policy?
It's thrilling precisely because the boundaries can suddenly give way to unexpected delights, power, opportunity, and yes, the fleeting concept of a future we can invest in.
Obama's words "yes we can," echoed toward a future that we are daring to imagine that we can co-create.
I mean, yes, they won the Brexit vote – well done, dickheads, we'll never have a future now – and yes, in their swathes they just about edged a Conservative government in for power again.
