Barack Obama actually said...

"What we're looking at right now is to provide the Treasury and the Federal Reserve with as broad authority as is necessary, to stabilize markets and to maintain credit."

"I think it's pretty clear that Senator McCain's a little panicked right now."

"You don't do it in a day. We've got to do it in an intelligent, systematic, thoughtful fashion."

"I've got some visions and I've got some principles, we want to protect Main Street not just Wall Street."