Barack Obama actually said...

I am running for President of the United States because the dreams of the American people must not be endangered any more.

We cannot have a plan for Wall Street banks that does not help homeowners stay in their homes and help distressed communities.

We must work quickly in a bipartisan fashion to resolve this crisis and restore our financial sector so capital is flowing again and we can ...

The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led to a financial crisis as profound as any we have faced since ...