Barack Obama actually said...

"President Obama firing back at critics who say his policies are tanking the market."

"And my main message to the American people is to just recognize that we dug a very deep hole for ourselves. There were a lot of bad decisions that were made. We are cleaning up that mess."

"what you're now seeing is -- is profit and earning ratios are starting to get to the point where buying stocks is a potentially good deal if you've got a long-term perspective on it."

"My main message to the American people is to just recognize that we dug a very deep hole for ourselves. There were a lot of bad decisions that were made."