Barack Obama actually said...

"As Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson will be a key member of my economic team."

"I think they've got an enormous opportunity ahead of them."

"I believe his decades of experience both in the public and private sector have given him a clear understanding of what it takes to put America on a stronger economic footing and create jobs."

"Today's events prove once more that the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end."