Barack Obama actually said...

"Now is the time for us to act."

"the last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession because that would just suck up."

"It is in our country's national interest to negotiate now with these near neighbors [Cuba and Mexico] to agree on a common, rigorous set of standards, a system for regulatory oversight, and the same o..."

"Even if we don't go into a double dip, what I feel is what the American people feel."