Barack Obama actually said...

"I know how bitter and contentious the issue of health insurance reform has become."

"I think your constituents would want to know that despite the fact it doesn't get a lot of attention, you and I have actually worked together on a number of occasions."

"You may not support our overall jobs package, but if you look at the tax credit that we're proposing for small businesses right now it is consistent with a lot of what you guys have said in the past."

"But if the way these issues are being presented by the Republicans is that this is some wild-eyed plot to impose huge government in every aspect of our lives, what happens is you guys then don't have ..."