Barack Obama actually said...

"I'm going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor. Some day, sooner or later, he's going to say, 'Boy, Obama had a good idea.' It's going to happen. You watch."

"The casual dishonesty of hiding irresponsible spending with clever accounting tricks, the costly overruns, the fraud and abuse, the endless excuses; this is exactly what the American people rejected w..."

"But I just want us to not lose perspective of the fact that most of the things that have been the topic of argument over the last several days amount to a fraction of the overall stimulus package."

"My sense is that despite partisan differences, despite regional differences and different priorities, everybody is concerned about the legacy we're leaving to our children."