Barack Obama actually said...

"Somehow it's being characterized in broad brushes, wasteful spending. That starts sounding more like politics."

"I think John has also been extraordinarily consistent and sincere about these issues."

"My sense is that, despite partisan differences, despite regional differences and different priorities, everybody is concerned about the legacy we're leaving to our children. And the hope was is that, ..."

"On the one hand, the majority has to be inclusive. On the other hand, the minority has to be constructive. And so to the -- to the extent that on many of these issues we are able to break out of sort ..."