Barack Obama actually said...

"Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions."

"Today, Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois filed papers saying he's forming a presidential exploratory committee."

"Certainly, I didn't expect to find myself in this position a year ago. I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics."

"Are there any circumstances that you can articulate in which we would say to the Maliki government that enough is enough and we are no longer committing our troops?"