Barack Obama actually said...

"America's prosperity has always risen from the bottom-up."

"These everyday worries and long-term anxieties have grown considerably worse over the last year."

"You know, I don't. What happens is, I get tagged as being on the left, and when I simply describe what have been my positions consistently, then so many people act surprised."

"I know that, during his statements, he also was making some suggestions that my plan would raise taxes on the middle class. That is absolutely not the case. And everybody who has looked at it has said..."