http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/obama_s_clementa_pinckney_eulogy_in_a_week_the_president_went_from_dejection.html

A week ago, Barack Obama looked dissipated and dejected. He’d come to the White House press room to speak about the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina. The room, with its low ceiling and tight quarters, matched his mood. It’s a venue for tiny political fights relentlessly pursued in circles. The president testified to that lack of progress, showing visible frustration with his impotence in the face of gun violence and racial hatred.