Barack Obama actually said...

I'm running because, like you, I believe you cannot reduce the deficit and deal with our debt without asking folks like me, without asking t...

Those who vetoed the measure -- those nations that vetoed the measure are on the wrong side of history.

I'm running because I don't believe that you can reduce the deficit without asking the wealthiest Americans to give up the tax cuts.

Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass ...