Barack Obama actually said...

"What I've found, and I think was confirmed today, is that when you inject presidential politics into delicate negotiations, it's not necessarily as helpful as it needs to be."

"What we should be doing is talking about what we expect to do in order to lead the country down the long-term path of economic growth because families were having trouble even before this Wall Street ..."

"This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem - this is an American problem."

"Prosperity cannot be sustained if it shuts people out."