Barack Obama actually said...

"That was one of my biggest worries and remains one of my biggest worries when we think about, Michelle and I have talked about this a lot, how do we just maintain that precious normalcy in our two gir..."

"we need to do this if not just for just optics to show the country that we can give money directly to homeowners and that in itself would make a difference."

"if this President doesn't do it, I will in January."

"For the auto industry to completely collapse would be a disaster in this kind of environment, not just for individual families but the repercussions across the economy would be dire. So it's my belief..."