Barack Obama actually said...

"She's yet to cite what experience, in fact, prepares her for that 3 a.m. phone call."

"He has the capacity, as does Obama, to push things along with the Congress, with the Treasury Department, possibly with the White House, with the automakers."

"Obama had to signal some sense of leadership on the economy and that's what happened here and the market reacted very positively to it."

"I don't have the authority to take over yet."