Barack Obama actually said...

"I have said before that I felt that the middle-class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts."

"I've said before that I felt that the middle class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts."

"Now is the time to basically get this economy moving that'll benefit the President and benefit them all."

"He has to deal now not with the weak and the lame, he has to deal with the leadership of the Republican Party."