Barack Obama actually said...

"My gut tells me that the people who were not going to be voting for me are not going to be voting for me after this speech and, even if they think that I made some good points, there are other reasons..."

"It's hard for me to get a sense of how we could be to blame for that situation. We have consistently said we'll play by whatever rules the DNC has laid out."

"What I've said is that our strategy continues to be a failed strategy. No one has answered the question as to how this operation in Iraq that has now lasted five years, will have cost us more than $1 ..."

"That would be a victory for common sense. It would be a victory for a pragmatic foreign policy that will actually make us more safe."