Barack Obama actually said...

"I think the notion that somehow the Commerce Secretary is not going to be central to everything we do is fundamentally mistaken."

"Right now, the most important task for us is to stabilize the patient. The economy is badly damaged; it is very sick. And so we have to take whatever steps are required to make sure that it is stabili..."

"I strongly believe that a president or a president-elect or his team should be able to do more than one thing at a time."

"I strongly believe that a President or a President-elect or his team should be able to do more than one thing at a time."