Barack Obama actually said...

"The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere. But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want ..."

"I have asked my economic team to develop recommendations for regulatory reform and then to collaborate with these members of the Congress and others from both sides of the aisle."

"This could be called the American tradition. Artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonance sounds of the American experience."

"I've asked my economic team to develop recommendations for regulatory reform and then to collaborate with these members of Congress and others from both sides of the aisle."