Barack Obama actually said...

We will not agree all the time, but we are open to working together and to discussing our differences.

I have a lot to learn, and I very much look forward to listening and figuring out how we can work together more effectively.

What guides us is our concern for democracy; you are democracies, as well, and we think that that should be a concern for you.

Families are making hard choices, and it's time their Government did the same.