Barack Obama actually said...

"We all need to take responsibility. And this includes executives at major financial firms who turned to the American people hat in hand when they were in trouble even as they paid themselves customary..."

"The Recovery and Reinvestment Act that we've put forward will provide billions of dollars to build schools and help with school construction."

"We've got to have a recovery package that puts people back to work and ensures that states that are dealing with rising unemployment can deal with unemployment insurance, can provide health care for p..."

"The only measure of my success as president, when people look back five years from now, or nine years from now, is going to be, did I get this economy fixed?"