Barack Obama actually said...

"President Obama says he wants his Supreme Court nominee to be someone with intellectual fire power -- and a little bit of a common touch."

"Now is not a time for small planners. It's not a time to pause or to be passive or to wait around for our problems to somehow fix themselves. Now's the time to put a new foundation for growth in place..."

"We'll seek somebody who is dedicated to the rule of law, who honors our constitutional traditions, who respects the integrity of the judicial process, and the appropriate limits of the judicial role. ..."

"To my Republican friends, I want them to realize that me reaching out to them has been genuine. I can't sort of define bipartisanship as simply being willing to accept certain theories of theirs that ..."