Barack Obama actually said...

"They`re not to obsess us. It ought to lead to some sort of transformation. Yet here in the United States after the round of clock coverage on cable news, after the heartbreaking interviews with famili..."

"It’s long past time for action, any kind of action. And it is another tragedy as quieter but no less tragic one for families to wait another day."

"The news from Wall Street has shaken the American people's faith in our economy. We are in the most serious financial crisis in generations."

"We can't afford to lose the generation of tomorrow's doctors and scientists and teachers."